#romelle: breathes in

[foolinafable]

v. i miss you, i'm sorry

SYNOPSIS: He doesn’t know how to love. You know this and yet you would still give everything just to be with him- even for just a moment. Or the story of how you and Keith finally get together. PAIRING: Keith Kogane x Altean reader WORD COUNT: 5.4k TAGS: Slowburn, Angst, extreme cannon compliance, fighting SERIES LINK: a love as cold as ours

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NOTE: edited this tipsy and with Grammarly so don't mind mistakes!

You were focusing on trying to heal Shrio's new body in hopes it would encourage it to fully accept Shiros conscious using skills you had learned from the white lion on Oriande. Not daring to look up to face the eyes of the two galrans who both watched your every move with intrigue.

Allura was also helping, trying to take off as much of the burden as her powers would allow leaving you both exhausted as the hours ticked by.

You were sat by Shiro’s body hand held up eyes closed as you tried to focus on the feeling of Shiro’s consciousness within the body trying to pull it further inwards when Allura spoke

“I’m afraid the clone’s body is rejecting Shrio’s consciousness” 

“There must be some way you can help!” Keith pleaded and it hurt you for him to sound so distressed opening your eyes to see him staring right you in despair 

“I don’t think there's anything more we can do” you confessed “I can feel him slipping away” voice hoarse as you looked away from the black paladin unable to watch his heartbreak, jumping when he banged against the glass separating you from Shiro 

“Shiro please” he begged as he banged against the glass again “Please fight!” as he began to sob making your heart clench “You can’t do this to me again” he continued when a faint coughing was heard from inside the pod you all quickly looked up at Shiro as the encasing disappeared Keith called out to him quickly when he eyes opened 

“Keith- I was dreaming” he spoke delicately in between breaths “You saved me” he confessed looking at the boy as he hugged him 

“We saved each other” Keith corrected 

You simply looked to Allura and smiled tiredly but before anything else could be said the rest of the paladins along with Coran and Romelle finally returned all looking shocked as they saw Shiro up the three paladins running towards him in glee

“Shiro’s looking better! Alright!” Lance exclaimed 

“Where were you guys? We couldn't get a hold of you?” Keith asked 

“Well, we were shrunk by a magic skunk, but we ended up using that sparkly dust that makes electricity bigger or whatever” Lance tried to explain but the five of you just looked at him confused “So ready to charge up the lions?” Lance continued clearly unphased by your lack of understanding. Shiro simply sighed before laughing to himself

 “It’s good to be back.” 

── ✧

“Why are you tired” Lance probed as he walked towards you causing you to open your eyes to look at the Cuban boy from your position lying on Shiro's metal shoulder- the only part left of his mechanic arm

“I dunno maybe it’s from saving all your arses and transferring Shiro’s conscience into a new body?” you replied dryly as Shiro rubbed your shoulder with his working hand in thanks. At the same time, you gave Lance a pointed look with a small drowsy smile on your face that made him falter in his teasing realising that you were in fact not joking, still looking a little worse for wear even after you finally healed the large gnash on your forehead from Shiro's clone.

You closed your eyes again as you felt his violet ones staring you down clearly trying to get your attention but you ignored it- what more could he possibly have to say to you? More reasons why you aren't capable you nearly scoffed at the idea but simply pursed your lips trying to feign sleep when Shrio nudged you to open your eyes as Pidge approached, she sat on the other side of Shiro when the older man questioned

“Where you able to get into contact with Earth?”

“No luck,” the smaller girl replied glumly. “The low power levels are probably affecting our broadcast distance but I'll keep trying as we get closer to Earth.” 

“I can't believe we’re finally going home” Lance admits softly looking down at the ground almost in thought

“I’m going to hug my parents and never let go.” Hunk claims as he hugs himself imaging how it would go

“I can’t wait to see how dad integrated Altean and Earth technologies together” Pidge exclaimed seemingly in a better mood just thinking of going home. You smiled at her excitement but it didn't reach your eyes as it reminded you that your home was gone and after the war was over you didn’t have a family to come home to- rather Voltron was your family. Shiro seemed able to sense your thoughts looking to you with a sad smile as he once again rubbed your shoulder with his working arm in comfort.

“And my mom” Pidge continued before stopping to think her face suddenly becoming cloudy with apprehension “She is gonna be so mad I ran away, I hope I’m not grounded” 

“How long do you think it will take us to get home?” Keith finally tired of being ignored by you turned towards Coran who was seemingly already doing the numbers in his head

“I was just calculating that now” the altean admitted “Without the luxury of a wormhole and with diminished power cores, let me see-” he started mumbling to himself “if I carry the one” staring at his fingers as he did the maths “oh, it’s going to take us 150,000 earth years,” he replied nonchalantly you quickly sat up from your position on Shiro’s shoulder as everyone gasped in shock 

“One-hundred-and-fifty earth years?!” Keith exclaimed 

“Coran, I think your finger counting is a bit off” Pidge stated “It’s going to be 1.5 years” causing everyone to groan in annoyance 

“Oh right I didn’t carry the three” Coran realised 

“Well you never said you were good at finger counting” you replied to ease the annoyance he caused in the group

“And it’s not an exact science anyways” he defended and you swore it gave you deja vu

“It's going to be a very long and difficult voyage, but It’s our only chance at replacing the Castle of lions” Allura concluded  

“There were times where I thought I would never see Earth again” Shiro admitted “To be able to go back-” 

“Well, what are we waiting for guys!” Lance quickly interrupted, “Let's hit the space road!”

“I suppose we need to figure out who’s flying with whom,” Krolia announced and she was right.

You weren't really looking forward to it. You were already so exhausted you were unsure you would be able to handle certain people for the time being and hoped that whoever ended up with you would give you some peace to recharge. 

“And what about the animals?” Coran reminded you all

“What about them?” Pidge questioned

“Well the wolf can't go with Kaltenecker, wolves eat cows and the cow can’t be in the same area as the mice because aren't cows scared of mice?”

You nodded at his words they made complete sense to you 

“No, elephants are afraid of mice.” Lance corrected 

“Elephant?” you mumbled in tired confusion

“Yeah, They’re giant grey animals with long noses that grab things,” Lance exclaimed trying to show what an elephant looked like by pinching his nose and using his other hand to act as its snout 

“Giants with long, gabbing noses? Earth seems so strange” Allura echoed your thoughts out loud what a preposterous creature that must be. 

“The wolf is riding with me” Keith decided “That means Hunk will have to take the cow” as he had the second biggest cockpit so was able to fit the cow easily.

“Me with the cow? Not a good idea” Hunk protests 

“Hunks right” Lance decides “Keith, you're keeping the cow. Someone else is gonna have to take the wolf” Everyone looked to Pidge 

“Not me. I am allergic.” 

“I’ll take the mice” Allura exclaimed clearly not wanting to take the wolf

“How come you get the smallest passengers?” Keith questioned arms crossing over each other in annoyance to which Allura just pulled a face

“I say we go old school and draw straws” Hunk decided 

“Or I can just take the wolf” you commented breathlessly honestly just wanting to get into the sky, the quicker you get going the quicker you can be left alone. 

“But I am terrible at drawing” Allura sulks causing you to laugh as Coran agrees “She really is” 

“Guys you’re all overthinking this. I know exactly where everyone should go.” Lance decides and for some reason, maybe to stop the arguing, everyone lets him place them into the ships.

── ✧

This decidedly in your opinion was the worst idea ever, why did you let Lance decide who went whereas you were stuck for who knows how long in your lion with Keith's mother- Krolia.

To say it was awkward was an understatement but you guess you got what you wanted as it was quiet. But you could cut the tension with a knife.

Clearly the woman wished to speak with you but she didn’t say a word as if she wanted you to initiate conversation. But you have no idea what to say to her.

It’s not as if you can be honest ‘oh hi Keith’s mum yeah no I totally don't have a massive unrequited crush on your son who would probably rather be stuck by one of Haggar’s spells than even think of me that way’ and what if he told her about your argument during the kral vera so she knows you as the one who believes her son is according to your own heated words a ‘cold excuse of man.’

You shudder at the thought of the stoic woman hating you. The idea only makes you feel even more anxious being left in a ship with her for 1.5 earth years.

Luckily the other paladins don’t seem to be faring much better with Allura shouting at the wolf, Romelle trying to touch all the buttons on the spaceship leaving Lance annoyed, and Coran trying to teach Keith and Shiro the altean alphabet by singing a song that haunted your dreams as a little girl. 

“Keiths told me a lot about you during our time in the quantum abyss” Krolia commented clearly aware that she would get nowhere if she waited for you to start a conversation 

“I can only apologise for whatever you have heard from him, I assure you-” you began damage control only imagining the lovely choice of words he must have had to say about you, especially after your disagreement when she cut you off

“You are much more pretty than he described” was all she said causing a flush to creep up your cheeks as you turned away from her 

“Thank you” you whispered in confusion, eyebrows furrowed as she continued to speak 

“He seems to have underplayed a lot of things about you. But I am glad my son has found someone like you- you are quite similar to his father, willing to give everything to others” she spoke softly at the mention of her lover but you were sat shocked facing forwards, her words ruminating in your mind.

Clearly she liked you- approved of even which made no sense because why would she feel the need to approve of you- someone who isn't even really friends with her son. Not anymore. And with the mentioning of you being similar to his father- it didn’t make any sense!

Lance’s voice cut into the comms before you could think on her words further 

“Guys, I think I did a bad job choosing the passengers” only took him this long to notice. Why on earth would he split up Keith from his mother? Lance’s logic was beyond you and now clearly himself 

“I think he thought by choosing the pretty altean he could charm her and have an easy time” You voiced your thoughts to Kroila who was watching Lance through the comms link and she laughed slightly

“Clearly that is not the case” she agreed humorously and you simply smiled in reply as Keith turned on his comms so everyone could hear Coran’s rendition of the altean alphabet upon hearing it Romelle joined in which just as much enthusiasm causing you to chuckle as you sang along under your breath not noticing how a certain black paladin was watching your screen like a hawk having a not so nice hand gestures and eye conversation with his mother when she caught him staring at you with a soft smile at your antics.

Eventually the singing and not knowing what his mother was saying to you got too much for Keith. Her smirks at him made him extremely nervous as he screamed

“That’s it we are changing passengers!” to which Allura agreed quickly 

“I second that!” clearly fed up with the wolf drooling everywhere even though Keith told her he likes to drool several times.  

“Agreed” Lance called out trying to keep Romelle away from the buttons again

“Whatever you guys want” you called out trying not to seem rude towards the older woman 

“Hey guys, why haven't we heard from Pidge?” Hunk announced   

“Yeah. Wait, who’s in her lion again?” Lance questioned 

“No idea” is all you said

“Yeah Lance, you’re the one that came up with this grouping” Keith added to your point 

“Well, she must have– no, they're with Keith. And the wolf is with Allura and I have the mice” You suddenly laughed as you realised what's happened 

“She's all alone” you spoke laughing a hand covering your mouth as the others quickly realised that you were in fact correct.

 The team quickly used the wolf's transportation techniques to transfer all the passengers into Pidge's ship except for Shiro and Krolia who were now on Keith’s ship.

“Oh come on guys this isn't fair!” Pidge complained but you all simply ignored her amused by her suffering.  

── ✧

Krolias voice sounded out from the comms

“This is the Klii-Nyn System. There’s a Blade of Marmora rally point located on a moon here. We should check in with them and get an update on their operations.”

“Team, we're going to make a quick stop. Everyone follow me” Keith called out and you followed closely behind.

You all landed on the moon with Krolia unable to make any contact with the base so you all quickly got out of the lions to check it out as something clearly wasn't right.

Allura used her strength to open the door allowing Krolia to go in first as you hovered into the base. It looked completely empty, dark and decrepit with no sign of life at all within its walls.

“It doesn't look like anyone’s been here for years,” Keith commented while Pidge tried to press buttons on the control panel

“The system won’t boot. Looks like the power has been out for a while” She agreed with Keith's observation the place had already been deserted a long time ago. 

“If the Blade of Marmora abandoned this place, that means something really bad must have happened” Hunk theorised 

“That's impossible” Krolia admitted “This base was still fully operational during my last check-in with the Blades.”

“It doesn't make any sense even if they left within the last three days it wouldn't look like this” you exclaimed, twirling around and looking at the area it just looked old, not destroyed but before you could voice anything else a large explosion was heard from outside causing the area to shake.

“Enemy ship! Incoming!” Coran called out 

“Everyone back to the lions” Keith commanded as you all flew back towards the entrance you quickly came back to your lion and flew off with the rest of the team noticing the galran ships surrounding the area 

“It looks like a small fleet. Mostly Galra fighters” Keith commented 

“That's good. We should be able to take them out pretty easily” Lance responded

“Yeah, but remember, we’re not flying at full power” Pidge warned 

“Pidge is right” Keith announced “everyone stay sharp.”

You flew quickly trying to avoid the blasts

“Keep an eye out” Lance reminded you all “Where there are fighters there’s usually a cruiser nearby” 

“Some of these ships look like they belong to Lotor’s fleet” you heard Romelle shout out from Allura comms making you pull a puzzled face wasn't she in Pidge’s lion?

“How did you get in here?” Allura asked confused you were about to voice your own concerns when a blue light appeared behind you in the cockpit to reveal Keith's wolf who quickly bounded up next to you to give you some support 

“Thanks, buddy” you whispered nudging your head against the world slightly causing him to push back in happiness for some attention before you grunted as a beam nearly knocked you off your path sending the wolf down with you “Sorry, it’s not going to be an easy ride”

“We need to get out of here” Keith called out warningly as more and more fighters seemed to appear out of nowhere 

“We’re getting our quiznacks handed to us. We need to do something.” Lance complained “we need to form Voltron”

“Okay” Keith agreed “everyone in formation”

You tried to form Voltron but the depleted energy cores made it impossible.

You tried to escape but they backed you into a corner with the pirates behind you, crystals surrounding you and a cyclone at the exit. 

“We have no choice” Keith decided “Everyone into the cyclone”

After formatting a plan you quickly left the cyclone trying to take your way towards a nearby unstable ice planet in hopes it could grant you the upper hand.

You descended onto the planet with the fighter ships right on your tail using the landscape to the best of your abilities to lose the pirates, weaving around geysers, and flying through underground tunnels but it still wasn't enough as soon as you made it out the cave without any of fighters pilots following behind you were immediately captured by a large magnet pinning the lions to the floor- there was no escape.

── ✧

You were quickly taken into a holding cell, arms bound by handcuffs, you were sat next to Allura with Keith right above you, none of you saying a word as Lance pranced around the cell pulling faces.

“What are you doing?” Hunk asked annoyed

“I’m feeling for secret passages” Lance responded as if it was the most sane idea ever, you looked up at him incredulously- was he serious

“You’ve watched too many movies, Lance. There’s no secret passage.” Keith complained 

“And why on earth would they put one where they keep the prisoners” you questioned the Cuban boy still in disbelief that he wasn't joking 

“Oh really?” he questioned moving to the middle of the cell “Then how do you explain this?” he quickly hit the side of the cell with his foot before whimpering in pain- clearly not an area for a secret passage you simply rolled your eyes at him not failing to notice how Keith smirked at your reaction making your eyebrows furrowed in confusion as to why he seems to care so much about you now. 

“Will someone shut him up?” Krolia asked after Lance hit his other foot on another area that he thought would be a secret passage but wasn't now holding his foot for dear life as he tumbled around in pain.

“There's only one guard patrolling out there.” She observed “If we can get this door open, we can overpower him” 

“What happened to Coran?” Hunk questioned 

“He must of managed to hide when we were captured” Krolia guessed

“At least we have one ally out there still able to fight for us” Allura spoke relieved 

 “Are you saying our fate rests in Coran’s hands?” Pidge asked, causing you all to look down in worry.

“I will help you look for that passage” Pidge comments to Lance clearly believing his idea would have a better shot at getting them free than Coran ever could. 

Your head snapped up at the sound of the door opening when two very familiar faces appeared from behind their guards leaving you all shocked it was two of Lotor's generals

“Look who's here. It’s Voltron” Ezor mocked 

“We’re going to have a little talk” cackled Zethrid 

“Hey you’re the guys that Lotor shot into space” Lance stated the obvious clearly not reading the room

“And the ones that were trying to kill us” Pidge finished off for him

“Yeah sure, but we're all friends now right?” Hunk questioned and you started at him 

“I don’t think they would’ve captured and locked us up if we were friends Hunk” You tilted your head at him as he gawked in understanding 

“I’m glad one of you has a brain,” Ezor smirked. “Makes it so much more fun when we torture you!”

“Where have you been all this time? And what happened to Lotor?” Zethrid questioned 

“What are you talking about” Shiro responded cooly 

“We’re talking about your little disappearing act.” Ezor clarified 

“Disappearing act? We followed Lotor into the quintessence field and then came back out not long after” you replied confused “Not sure how that counts as disappearing” 

“Answer the question!” Zethrid seethed, clearly not impressed by your answer “How did you survive that explosion?” she continued 

“Don’t you know? You were there.” Hunk questioned cautiously 

“I think there’s a little confusion about how the ‘we ask questions, you give us answers scenario works.’” Ezor commented

“Enough of your games. Where is Lotor” Zethrid asked 

“Lotors dead. We left him in the Quintessence field” Keith answered

“Yeah that doesn't really add up. Why aren't you dead?” Ezor probed 

“Because of the power of teamwork?” Hunk responded unsure of himself 

“I’m going to ask you one more time,” Zethrid challenged “and then we are going to have to take a more extreme approach. What happened to Lotor and where have you been all this time?”

“How many times do we have to say it to get it through your thick skulls? We haven't been anywhere and Lotor is dead:” you shouted in annoyance.

“Fine” Ezor replied 

“You leave us no choice but to apply pressure” Zethrid commanded 

“Who is the first victim?” Ezor asked excited 

“How about the smart loudmouth witch Lotor was always telling us about, let's see if she is really worth all his praise,” Zethrid responded, clearly referring to you. Ezor started to make her way towards you when Lance tried to attack her from the side

“Don’t you touch them!” He shouted as he swung his joined together hands as Ezor who quickly dodged his attack sending him to the ground with a kick a guard with a gun was placed in front of him before he could make another move

“Your defence is adorable and so very misguided” Zethrid comments with a laugh 

“Leave us alone” Pidge shouted which resulted in Ezor slapping her with her hair and wrapped it around your hands dragging you to her Hunk called out your name in worry as Ezor’s hand went around your throat as you groaned and thrashed trying to get away 

“Let her go!” Keith commanded but was stopped by a soldier with a gun before he could try anything 

“Answers” Ezor commanded as she held you up against the wall a deadly tight grip on your throat barely leaving enough room for air 

“We told you, he’s–” Keith began to answer them his voice pleading when a large boom rattled the area and alarms started blaring making them all need to leave to check out the security breach.

Ezor quickly let go making you fall to the ground hard, you groaned in pain as you were held up leaning against Allura for support as the rest of the paladins watched her leave. Keith quickly helped you up, eyes looking alarmed as they assessed your neck clearly it looked as bad as it hurt but Krolia started talking before he could say anything much to your relief

“This is our chance, the next time that door opens, overwhelm the guard.” she strategies you'll quickly go on either side preparing yourselves but when the door opened no guard came in, you all looked to the door to see the mice who had taken down the guard 

“Hello little friends” Allura spoke crouching down to them they spoke to her and she gasped “Coran is trying to rescue us and he’s got help- Axca” She turned towards Keith whose eyes lit up with recognition 

“What” was all he could muster.

You all quickly ran to find Coran quickly finding him fighting this large soldier purple and barely conscious from his efforts Lance and Keith quickly grabbed him helping him move along as we made our way towards the hanger that our lions were kept in while Keith went after Axca.

Once you were all inside the lions Keith called out to shoot on his location which you all quickly did resulting in a massive explosion that Keith and Axca fled and ran into the black lion's cockpit then the team quickly made her get away following Axca directions to one of her safe houses. 

── ✧

You were all sitting in her cave, a fire brewing as she turned to speak to you “I don't know what Ezor and Zethrid were on about with Keith because you're my favourite paladin.” you smiled at her compliment 

“Well not that you are up against any tough competition but you always were my favourite of Lotors generals- the only level-headed one” you joked back hitting her with your shoulder as she laughed back

“You're not wrong there” you continued to banter with the galran when Hunk came back with more firewood causing you to halt the conversation but both of your eyes twinkled with the idea that you were far from done speaking.

“I just looked at the lions and they’re in worse shape than ever.” Hunk worries

“We should probably give them some time to recharge before we head back on our way” Shiro decides

“Wow a lot has changed over the past few weeks” Lance comments

“Weeks?” Axca questions “what are you talking about?” 

“The last time we saw you. You were fighting alongside Lotor” Allura responds confused 

“That was three deca-phoebs ago” Axca tells you “No-one has seen you since your fight with Lotor.” 

“That impossible” Kieth stated 

“It’s true” Axca declared “After Lotor jettisoned us, we managed to make it to cover a meteorite. There we saw both Voltron and Lotor disappear. Eventually, Voltron re-emerged… alone. But, then there was an explosion and after that… nothing. That was three deca-phoebe ago”

“So, as far as everyone else in the universe is concerned, Volron has been gone for three deca-phoebe?” Allura clarifies 

“That would explain the discrepancies in the star charts in our lions.” Pidge realised “I thought they were off because of our inter-dimensional jumping which I guess they were in a way- because if you think about it, that must have been the cause of the time slip between our experience and that of the rest of the universe.”

“So how did you end up here, helping us?” Keith questioned the girl 

“Zethrid, Ezor, and I were stationed on the meteoroid for days. Finally, a Galra ship came to investigate Lotor's last known whereabouts. We took it over. With Lotor gone, it was clear that there was a power vacuum in the Galra Empire. Zethrid and Ezor wanted to exploit that for their own gain but I knew I had to find my own path. And it led me to you.” she replied gesturing to the team 

“Thank you for saving us” Keith smiled 

“I hope that this makes up for some of the wrongs I’ve done.” she clarifies you grabbed her hand and gave it a squeeze as you smiled

 “We understand” gesturing to you and Allura “How easy it is to believe in him” 

“I realise now that Lotor wasn't the man I thought he was. He preached unity, but in the end, he sought only power.” Axca continued “I’ll do everything I can out here to help the Voltron coalition.”

“Wow, so everyone that was helping is thinks we’re dead” Hunk thought aloud 

“Wait” Pidge called out in a panicked voice “I haven't been able to get ahold of my dad on Earth or Matt and the rebels. What's happened to them in the last three years?”

“And if Ezor and Zethrid became warlords in that time… what else has changed?” Allura questioned.

The revelation that you had been missing for three deca-pheobes settled deep within you all as you sat in silence trying to gather the courage to speak- worry clearly covering all of your faces.

You quickly stood up looking down at your feet as you left Axcas cave and made your way towards the lions sitting on the edge of the cliff they were stationed on trying to steady your breathing as you began to spiral at the idea of all the coalition being gone, all the people that Voltron had let down as you were presumed dead.

You could the lions humming in your brain quieter than last time thanks to their run-down state trying to ease your discomfort- it was still a new feeling every time you closed your eyes you could feel them- like your life force was now integrated with their own, your pain was there and their discomfort yours just as Alfor prophesied. You hoped he was proud- that it was all worth it.

The buzzing of the lions in your head was probably what made you unable to hear his footsteps as they approached you only noticed him when he came to sit next to you the lion’s voices leaving you alone when your eyes stared into his violet orbs echoing your pain of lost time a feeling your sure he is a lot more familiar with. You turn away from him after a moment eyes going to your feet as they dangle from the cliff 

“How do you do it” you mutter to him unsure of how to ask for comfort from him now, after everything

“Hm?” He prompted trying to seem as calm as you for the first time since the Kral Vera started a conversation with him sacred if he said too much it would send you further away than you already where

“Forgive yourself for not being there, for not being able to protect the people you promised I guess” you replied eyes welling up as your throat tightened 

“I think” he took a deep breath as you looked up at him “you just need to remember that there was nothing you could do that could’ve got yourself there, we can’t go back in time” he explained voice soft as he took in your features as you sat there staring at the boy in silence the guilt and remorse finally caught up with you at all the things you had said that day- none of it was true, not to you any way she wasn’t  a sorry excuse of a man rather he was everything you ever wanted and while he may have been cold at times he never was to you- the scene right now proving it, even more, he never turned you away as you did to him that day

“M-sorry” you muttered “for what happened during the Kral vera it wasn’t true- not to me” you began when he interrupted you similarly to how he did that day 

“It’s okay” he smiled a little “I mean you were right I was being overprotective and cold- I had a lot of time to think about it when I was stuck in the quantum abyss with my mom” 

“I don’t want to fight” is all you said, almost whispering 

“I know” he grabbed your hand as you both looked forwards “It’s okay” he repeated squeezing your hand “We’re okay” 

Maybe you were okay but your mind couldn't seem to stop thinking about his words ‘you were right’ a thought you also had these past few months but rather about what he had spoken about you.

You knew what you had said was wrong you even told him that but he hadn’t taken his words back. So that still must be how he thinks about you. Clearly you need to listen to what he said and then continue as you have been barely speaking- anything to avoid his ire and keep him as he is now- content.

[fangedxnight1836]

Character of the day:

ROMELLE!!!!!

Some information about her:

One of the few remaining Altean survivors.

Her people were saved from Lotor after the destruction of Altea, but were sent to live on a colony. In it, Lotor harvested certain Alteans for their Quintessence.

Keith and Krolia both saved her when they discovered her whereabouts.

Her younger brother, named Bandor, was selected by Lotor to be harvested. He managed to slightly escape and came back to Romelle in an escape pod. With his last breath he told Romelle the truth about the colony and Lotors intentions.

Romelle told the truth about Lotor to the rest of the paladins, causing his plans to be revealed to them, and why he suddenly wanted Allura to develop her powers further.

At the end of the series she is seen joining Hunks “culinary empire”.

She has a bubbly personality and fits very well with the Paladins. She and Hunk share a good friendship dynamic.

She is seen helping and attending conferences on the Atlas and in the garrison.

She was able to knock out a galran pirate showing her possession of Altean strength.

In the original 80s series, she is polluxian and is the cousin of Allura. She was married to the 80s version of Shiro. She had 2 brothers, one being Avok and the other is Bandor.

She has a son with Sven.

She also gets captured by Lotor and is used as bait for the paladins.

Headcanons

She watches the live action barbie movie at least every end of the week.

She would love Claire’s. (It’s a cute jewellery shop iykyk)

She is probably bad at spelling idk she would probably not know the difference between their and there.

Her and Hunk play Roblox horror games together and fail to complete them, ‘cause they chicken out.

Y’know that one trend where a friend pretends to be a guy and takes a pic to make their friends ex jealous, that’s exactly what Romelle and Allura do or would have done in another life if Lotor was still alive.

[bluemantics]

hii, do you have any fantasy fic recs?? (btw i loved midnight snacks don't exist in space!!)

OMG thank you so much!! sometimes i forget people actually read the stuff i post lmfao <3

Here are some fantasy fic recs!

1. Take my hand (we’ll dive into the sea) by noblegambit

Mermaid AU | T+ | 5.3K

A mer has four gifts for humanity.

The tear of a mermaid gifts strength. The scale of a mermaid gifts invulnerability. The kiss of a mermaid gifts breath underwater. The heart of a mermaid gifts long life. If one possess all four? No one knows, for no one has ever possessed the heart of a mermaid.

2. til we meet the dawn by angstinspace

Knight AU | T+ | 75K

Keith is a mage and Lance is a knight, and they've been best friends since childhood. For years, Keith has known that Lance carries a dark secret: that if he doesn't kiss his true love before he turns twenty, he'll die.

Now only three days remain before Lance's twentieth birthday, and Keith and Lance are sent on a dangerous quest to rescue Romelle––who Lance believes will be the one to break his curse. ... But what he doesn't know is that Keith is already hopelessly in love with him.

3. I have crossed the horizon to find you by somethingmorecreative

Mage/Familiar AU | M | 36K

onight, The Wicked Nightshade was filled with a vibrant crowd, rowdy, loud, and buzzing in excitement at what was to come.

The Bonding was tomorrow, and New Altea was ready for it.

Keith Kogane, on the other hand, was not.

4. you build your tower (but call me home) by parchmints

Curse AU | T+ | 63K

In the land of Arus, the youngest Nalquodian prince—Prince Leandro—is hidden away in a little castle that overlooks the kingdom; a countermeasure to protect him from the Galran assassins that have sworn to take his life.

And in the tallest tower of the castle, behind a grimy rose window and under a dusty sheet, is an enchanting gargoyle that the prince finds himself compelled to visit every day.

Almost as if by a spell...

5. a warlock and a djinni fall into a rift by bwyn

Urban Fantasy AU | G | 6.2K

“You planning on explaining what’s going on here?” Keith returns, thankfully now standing so that he’s blocking some of the sun in Lance’s eyes. “Or were you just going to leave again? Without warning? Without contact?”

Lance smiles as though the words aren't a punch to his gut. Really, he should’ve predicted this, but…

“Could you at least let me sit up? My head isn’t busting through dimensions, right?”

Keith’s lip curls, but he waves a finger tipped purple with ink, and Lance feels the chains slide free from his neck, arms and chest.

6. breathless by zxrysky

Mermaid AU | 6.3K | T+

"You shouldn't go out to the sea at night," their grandmother says. She's in a rocking chair, old and creaky, her withered body settled with a shawl around her shoulders, wrinkled fingers gripping the edges of the arm rest. "Don't risk it."

"Risk what?" Shiro asks, eyes wide. He's fourteen, just a young boy, on the cusp of maturity, arms wrapped around his younger brother as they sit before their grandmother.

His grandmother pauses for a while. "There is danger in the sea."

7. steal the air from my lungs by zxrysky

Siren AU | T+ | 10K

“Read the news,” his grandma told him with something sad in her eyes, and passed him the newspapers lying on the table. She lifted him on her lap and turned the page, flipped through the black and white words until it landed on a picture of the ocean, wide and blue, stretching out far into the horizon.

“Missing people at sea,” Lance read out dutifully, and his eyes grew big. “They don’t come back?” He asked in a small voice. He couldn’t imagine- he couldn’t imagine just leaving. He couldn’t imagine going missing. He thought of James, barely two, holding on to Lance’s hands as he toddled along the ground, and shuddered.

“They don't, baby. These missing people at sea, they don’t ever come back.” His grandma looked old and tired, and Lance abruptly thought of his granddad, lost at sea long before Lance came into the world, and all that was left was this huge house.

8. Siren's Call by wittyy_name

Siren AU | M | 21.6K

The once bloody war between man and siren has come to a tremulous truce once the siren prince had been captured. The people of Altea retreated, and mankind was once more free to roam the sea. Shackled and locked away within a mountain cavern, the prince watches, and he waits. Biding his time.

Keith has never truly fit in, no matter how much he’s tried. Ever since Shiro found him, wild and alone in the northern mountains, something has burned deep inside him, something dangerous and terrifying. A simmering need for something more. To protect those he loves. To tear apart those who hide behind falsities and carefully sculpted smiles. Those who hide behind laws of their own creation.

Two beasts, shackled and bound, each in their own way. Keys to each other’s freedom.

9. It Never Rains on Saturday by TheLegendOfChel

Demon AU | T+ | 22K

In the magical kingdom of Altea lies an ominous tower filled with monsters. Every day, adventurers battle through the tower’s levels in a never-ending quest to slay the Demon King who lives at the very top.

Lance, a talented archer, is one such adventurer. However, Lance doesn’t want to kill the Demon King.

Lance wants to marry him.

10. The Fallen and the Wandering by creeshtar

Gen Fantasy | T+ | 106K

Keith was born into a world of ice and darkness, with no sun to rise or stars to shine. In spite of humanity’s best efforts, the world is meeting a slow, but certain doom, which can only be stopped if the sun is found and replaced in the sky. Keith, meanwhile, is content to collect stars and eventually replace them in the sky, alongside a new partner that he can’t seem to help but gravitate towards--until a mysterious person with inhuman power goes on a warpath to find the sun for herself. Keith and his partner are unwittingly thrown into the race to find the sun first, only for Keith to discover, to his dismay, that it may be closer than he could’ve ever wanted.

I lovvvee fantasy aus! Thanks for the ask <3

[mosscreeper-ao3]

October 2024 writing challenges directory

Flufftober (prompts from @flufftober)

Pairings are in green. Please be mindful of the difference between "/" (romantic or sexual) and "&" (platonic) pairings

Lost pet meet cute-Kaidan & Rocky (his dog from my main mShenko series)

"Left, other left!"-mShenko

Favorite scent-Kaidan & the Normandy crew

Market day-MFE friendship

Acorn, pinecone, chestnut-Jaith

Mistaken identity-Keith & Shiro (Broganes)

Hoodie weather-Jaith

Chopping and piling wood-mShenko

"Don't do that." "but-Jaith

Bet, game, contest-Jaith, Veraxca, MFE friendship

Ingredients and spells-Paladin friendship

"This is spooky." "Really?"-Klance

Attic, cellar, hidden room-solo Keith

Fantasy AU/Mundane AU-Jaith

"What are you wearing?" "It's laundry day."-Jaith

Yes, no, maybe-Jaith

Rainy Day (alt prompt)-Jaith

Bewitched-Jaith

Yarn-mShenko

Paw-Keith & Kosmo

Bonfire-mShenko

Heirloom-solo James Griffin

Stormy night-Jaith

Comfort food-MFE friendship

Haunted house-Klance

"I can't find it."-mShenko

Afternoon stroll-mShenko

Lucky charm-MFE friendship, Jaith

Time capsule-Paladin Friendship

"Forever?"-Jaith

"Make a wish."-Jaith

Whumptober (prompts from @whumptober)

This one is mostly split into two fics with each prompt being a chapter. One exploring James' emotional state after Keith leaves and the other exploring Keith being captured during a BoM mission.

A few prompts are turned into one shots and drabble collections.

Keith's fic (Dear Agony) covers the following prompts

Day 1-race against the clock/search party

Day 3-set up for failure/wrongfully arrested

Day 4-hallucination/sensory deprivation

Day 7-only for emergencies/unconventional weapons

Day 8-sleep deprivation/forced to stay awake

Day 12-starvation/"just a little more"

Day 16-necrosis/wound cleaning

Day 21-body horror/spirit possession

Day 22-bleeding through the bandages/reopening wounds

Day 24-radiation poisoning/equipment failure

Day 26-nightmares/parting words regret

Day 29-fatigue/"who said you could rest?"

James' fic (Terms and Conditions) will cover the following prompts

Day 2-trust issues/role reversal

Day 5-sunburn/heatstroke

Day 6-not realizing they're injured/unhealthy coping mechanism

Day 9-obsession/broken window

Day 11-seeing double/loneliness

Day 13-team as family/"death will do us part

Day 14-left for dead/“Because I want you to know what it feels like to be haunted”

Day 18-revenge/loss of identity

Day 23-forced choice/broken pedestal

Day 28-denial/CCTV

Day 31-asking for help/"I'm alive, I'm just not well"

Jaith drabble +ficlet collection (Twin Skeletons)

Day 10-blow to the head/"I can't think straight"

Day 15-childhood trauma/"I did good, right?"

Day 17-nowhere else to go/"we had a good run"

Shiro drabble collection (I've Grown Tired of This Body)

Day 25-surgery/"it's for your own good", solo Shiro

Day 27-voiceless/muzzled, solo Shiro

Day 30-recovery/"what have I done", solo Shiro

One shots

Day 19-blood trail/"is there anybody out there?", Paladins

Day 20-emotional angst/"it's not your fault, Shiro & Keith (broganes)

Kinktober below the cut

Kinktober (prompts from @my-secret-shame-but-fanfiction)

Pairings are in green.

Edging-Jaith

Love bites-Jaith

Breath play-Shiro/Curtis

First time-Allurance (all Allurance will have trans Lance)

Nipple play-Allurance

Mirror sex-Jaith

Secret reltionships-mShenko

Fingering-Romelle/Allura

Sex pollen-Jaith

Scissoring-Allurance

Threesome-Kallurance

Kneeling-Jaith

Shower-Klance

Begging-mShenko

Surrender-mShenko

Public-mShenko

Praise kink-Jaith

Psychic bonds-femShep/Liara

Fuck or die-Jaith

Whipping-Shiro/Curtis

Bondage-Shiro/Curtis

Shotgunning-Jaith (college AU)

Blindfold-Allurance

On the desk-Jaith

Sleepy sex-Shiro/Curtis

Marking-Jaith

Body worship-mShenko

Face sitting-Romelle/Allura

Hair pulling-mShenko

Afternoon delight-Shiro/Curtis

Free space, swimming-Jaith

[hypfden]

The what if story

“Two rivals sitting in a frozen time space, 5 feet apart because their lesbian friend felt really guilty !!!!”

Aka “Severance”

When Allura was still learning how to use her alchemy correctly she never knew how to use it safely. When Lance died in that blast she was only unable to scrape bits and pieces of his quintessence back into his body. Functionally Lance's body was still alive and breathing but with what little quintessence in his body Allura had to essentially use him as a puppet. He still was sentient but barely able to keep up the fight otherwise he was nothing but a mere empty husk with no life in it.

Through guilt and voltron she kept puppeteering; the only people who caught on were Coran and Lotor. She knew Coran wouldn't tell anyone else, it would devastate the team and they could not form Voltron. Lotor on the other hand tried to find a way to try and fix Lance. Eventually this came to an end after he died in the quintessence rift. No one else could know.

She never knew that the rest of lance’s quintessence was in the red lion and by the time she had even thought about it, it was already too late. The lions had already dispersed into the universe, probably never to be seen again until another calamity. Lance would never be restored and she would live with that guilt.

At nights when she would cry on him begging for forgiveness in not restoring him properly. Some nights she debated on ending his life just so he could be free. She took a knife to his throat, he lay motionless as his dull blue eyes stared at her. She could never bring herself to do it anyway. She didn't have enough time to retract the knife from his neck when Keith came into the room. And before she could even explain herself she was knocked down.

Keith asked what was wrong with her and looking at Lance's unmoving body he thought the worse. She had no choice but to save herself. Keith knew now. The next thing Allura saw was Keith’s body collapsing to the floor as romelle stood behind him with a broken glass bottle. They both shared a glance and slowly took both Keith and Lance and stored them in cryo pods. She hid them beneath the castle which she put under protection. In a cruel form of protection she made sure that no one would be able to open the cryo pods until one of the voltron lions returned.

So they stayed there frozen in time for the foreseeable future.

End?

(Badly written??? Yeah it is someone please add to it so i have more influence to draw more :))) ill take anything by this point)

[raddestrose]

I’m back yall, lets close out season six

AHHHHHH

spirit world stuff

I knew something was off but i didn’t think THAT

so bros bees gone THE ENTIRE SHOW

like FOUR OR FIVE SEASONS DAFUQ

HES BEEN DEAD THE ENIRE SHOW

I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THAT

well, hell you got all those doubles you may as well just re-download him onto one of themm 

Things aren’t even looking good at the castle

So uh the real Shiro is like suuuuuper dead

OH LETS GO THEYVE GOT A PLAN

i’m actually going to beat the ever loving Christ out of Lotor 

I don’t know what Voltron character I am like, but I truly hope that one say I can be like Coran

a true icon

NAHHHHH

You guys are no longer on the same side

you guys are most definitely enemies now

Lotor, dude kissing at her feet is NOT going to make her take you back

She will not go back to you bro and you are NOT taking this breakup well

Also, totally unrelated

WHAT THE HECK IS ROMELLE’S HAIRSTYLE??

I got a good look at it and it’s like a braid crown that turns into two pigtails?

so Lotor to you don’t seem that peaceful and you just said you were gonna wipe out your entire race along with the three girls who’ve been there for you like every moment

😦 I had to cut out an entire part because I accidentally did talk to text and it was just a string of different obscenities 

WHAT THEN HECK HE MADE AN EVIL VOLTRON

So Lotor’s eyes are looking a little crazy, has he seen a doctor cause he really needs to see a doctor maybe like a mental health professional

Poor Keith, ah poor Keith you got this man you got this I believe in you man you can do this 

I think what he needs is like a good hug and maybe a beach day episode but he definitely needs a hug

YOU GOT THIS MAN YOU GOT THIS

HE GOT THE WINGS YOU GUYS

is this how parents feel when you’re proud because if it is then this is really sad for me because all I’m doing is watching a TV show but it’s one good TV show. Oh hell yeah Keith you got this. 

AH YEAH YOU GUYS FORM VOLTRON YEAHHHHH

Defender of All Universes

yeah you guys are

oh my God this fight is so hype

Oh, let’s go

Their fights are always good with this one is legit awesome

And like seeing how well they work together now compared to how they did in the earlier seasons,

it’s amazing to see how far the characters have come as a team

It’s good that we can see how they’ve developed with their characters relationships along with how they fight

OK THAT IS SO NOT FAIR

That’s like totally cheating

Ok, he’s got to rake a dang chill pill or something like take a deep breath I’m so for real

how is this toad still alive? He should be dead 100 times over

OH LETS GOOOO

We got Voltron on steroids

OH you tell him guys you tell him

Oh shoot Lotor is gonna lose it for real now

It’s not that she fears using it, she just knows when it stop something you should probably learn.

OH MY GOSH, is she going to kung fu panda three him?

It’s ok Allura bad people can teach you how to do good things and it doesn’t make those things you learned bad it just means that you’ve learned something

oh my gosh he messed up universe like real bad

A supermassive black hole you say?

I apologize

oh dang, they gotta destroy the castle ship

Oh, this is so sad I never realized how beautiful the castle looked. 

KALTANECKER

Don’t make me get all upset over a castle ship

because I will

Oh and what a stunning exit it has

It turned the entire castle into a singular diamond?

that’s crazy actually

Oh shoot, is she gonna like transfer his soul or something that’s crazy work

Is that way Shiro’s hair turns fully white? I honestly didn’t remember anything past like the first few episodes of this season.

WELL SHIRO’S BACK EVERYBODY LETS GOOOOO

oh shoot, are they going back to earth oh, let’s go!!!!!

[ashippingpotato]

Ok I just thought of an Klance hc

(Thank u @idoweirdcrap)

Ok so u know the song “Stacy’s brother” by Mad Tsai?

Yeah I was listening to it and this came to me ok so it’s Altean Lance and Galra Keith au

Lance and Allura r the royal twin siblings and the Galra and Alteans have been at war for 10,000 years but one day Alfor and the king of the Galra have a meeting and decide they want to end the war and create an alliance and how do they decide to seal it? U all guessed it, marriage

The king just so have happened to have an adopted son that almost no one knew about, which is Keith. So at first the obvious chose is to marry Allura and Keith (because no one knows he’s gay including his dad)

But before they started even talking about dating and marriage Keith told her he’s gay, but didn’t want his dad to know because he is scared his dad might banish him from the kingdom

Allura is completely ok with this because she is actually lesbian and has been dating a girl in secret named Romelle and Lance is the only one who knows about it.

Allura decideds she wants to tell Lance that it’s not real and when she does Lance takes a breath of relief and is like “thank god, cause damn that dude is hot, I don’t think I could keep my hands to myself”

And Allura, as the amazing, gorgeous shipper she is, starts shipping them. And sets up a picnic date that she somehow tricks them into, and that’s when Keith caches the feels as well

And everyday after being all “couple-ly” the split off into there own respective partners.

When the wedding finally comes Lance and Romelle both crash it and that’s when they come out with the truth and in the end the alliance is settled by Keith and Lance’s wedding and Allura and Romelle get married two months later

And Keith and Lance adopted a baby girl and they all live happily ever after the end!!!!!

Anyway Thank u for reading meh people, sorry for any spelling and/or grammar mistakes and I love y’all!!



[princess-of-the-corner]

And yet again, MORE Random Fanfic Quotes!

whatashayme: anyone: [brings up greek mythology]

whatashayme: keith: I AM AWAKE

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lanceylance: because it’s funny!!!! because the turntables!!

princesssparklepants: well make like the clocks and turn them back!!!!

*

carrierpidgeon: at long last, the evil is defeated

kkogane: the evil is never defeated, just asleep

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kkogane: and history. today’s bullshit is that pericles is a little bitch and socrates got what was coming for him

carrierpidgeon: elaborate

kkogane: motherfucker died because he thought “i can’t help that i’m wiser than all of u and u just wish u were me” would hold up in court

*

kissthehunk: to the government agent monitoring our group chat for all intents and purposes everything in here is a joke please i am begging

*

princesssparklepants: last night made me feel an emotion with the same energy as euphoria but like. halfway across the spectrum

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theromellanempire: she is OUT of my LEAGUE

theromellanempire: WE’RE IN TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT SPORTS

kkogane: and who said she’s not a superfan of your sport?

*

kkogane: romelle and i are like soulmates but instead of romantic soulmates we are mortal enemies

*

carrierpidgeon: no, precalc killed me, i’m texting from beyond the grave

shayfromstatefarm: you can’t make death jokes about math, it’s only first period

carrierpidgeon: my patience for this class, much like this limit, does not exist

*

carrierpidgeon: but it’s not a party

mattata: just go with it

allurable: so do we need supplies??? i’ve got room in my car for four other people to go party shopping with me

carrierpidgeon: IT’S NOT A PARTY??

hunkerdunker: it’ll just be like…a squad hangout session

shayfromstatefarm: a friendly gathering

takashmeoutside: a casual meeting of acquaintances

mattata: but decidedly /not/ a party

*

lanceylance: i’m a bisexual put on ur fuckin bifocals pidgey

*

carrierpidgeon: my virgin eyes have seen the darkest reaches of the internet, my asexual ass just doesn’t want any of your bisexual bodaciousness

*

hunkerdunker: fucking criminy you know what can we drop this subject

shayfromstatefarm: can i drop every class i have then

*

lanceylance: why did i tell him

shayfromstatefarm: because you were exercising a healthy relationship by openly communicating about any situation that may cause problems, instead of bottling everything up for the sake of appearing strong to your partner and not hurting them

*

lanceylance: :)))))) hunk, the light of all of our lives, chef extraordinaire, a gordon ramsay among paula deens

*

kogayne: YOU’RE NOT MY REAL DAD

takashmeoutside: AT THE RATE YOU’RE GIVING ME GRAY HAIRS I MAY AS WELL BE

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mattata: it’s called a JOKE gremlin

carrierpidgeon: so that thing mom made when she gave birth to you

mattata: yeah, it was such a good joke that she wanted an encore, so she made you

*

kogayne: sincerely, from the bottom of my cold little heart, fuck you

lanceylance: why did you text me, your room is across the hall

kogayne: I DIDN’T THINK YOU’D GET THIS UNTIL MORNING IT’S 3 AM WHY ARE YOU AWAKE

lanceylance: i dunno if you noticed but i’m CONGESTED I CAN’T FRICK-FRACKIN BREATHE

*

takashmeoutside: keith and i are sickypants2

kogayne: no, only i get that nickname, be gone, germyjeans

*

shayfromstatefarm: everything is due all at once happiness doesn’t exist hell is empty and all the devils have teaching degrees

*

carrierpidgeon: and this one girl is like “yeah so we learned about icarus the other day and my sister started yelling about the broken physics behind it” and the other girl is like “well what does she expect it’s a mYTH” and like they kept going back and forth but instantly sherrie and i are like PHYSICS??? SCIENCE??? ENLIGHTEN US ON WHAT SISTER DEAR HAD TO SAY

(…)

carrierpidgeon: so emily’s telling us about sarah

carrierpidgeon: and how sarah went and actually researched the physics behind the myth and essentially, the entire myth is fuckin broken

allurable: INTELLECTUALS

carrierpidgeon: k so y’all know about daedalus, right

carrierpidgeon: created the labyrinth, he and his son icarus got punished, and now they’re breaking free

(…)

carrierpidgeon: so basically they made wings out of feathers and wax and were gonna fly across the ocean

carrierpidgeon: icarus had simple instructions: go the middle route. literally, just stay in ur fuckin lane

carrierpidgeon: don’t fly too close to the sun, or else the wax will melt

lanceylance: fuckin apollo

carrierpidgeon: and don’t fly too close to the ocean, bc your wings will get wet and you can’t fly, which, sure, that bit of physics makes sense

carrierpidgeon: but apparently em told this story to sarah

carrierpidgeon: and sarah was like “wait…wait did they say the higher u get…the hotter it gets?”

hunkerdunker: ah

shayfromstatefarm: AH

kogayne: BECAUSE THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE IS COLDER AND THE AIR IS THINNER

carrierpidgeon: YES

carrierpidgeon: so sarah looked into this and, first of all, apparently some university kids have actually written a paper on this, so

lanceylance: fuckin millennials

hunkerdunker: i love nerds

carrierpidgeon: second, the other issue that sarah had was that

carrierpidgeon: “wax and feathers are both lighter than water…they float…if he had fucking WINGS shouldn’t he have floated and not drowned”

carrierpidgeon: which should hold true, as long as he didn’t land face down

carrierpidgeon: BUT THEN she was like “mmm but how did he fall in the first place”

carrierpidgeon: her conclusion was that the only way for icarus to have fallen and drowned was for him to have passed out from being up too high

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kogayne: YOU DIDN’T FINISH EITHER HUNK WE’RE ALL IN THIS BOAT TOGETHER AND INSTEAD OF BLOWING NEW HOLES LET’S PATCH THE ONES WE ALREADY HAVE

*

shayfromstatefarm: CALCULATE MY FINAL VELOCITY IF I JUMP OFF OF THE SCHOOL ROOF FROM REST

*

lanceylance: i came into this world screaming and i will be buried the same way

*

carrierpidgeon: commentary from the sound booth:

carrierpidgeon: “we need to turn her mic down unless we wanna go deaf”

carrierpidgeon: “his mic is all the way up and we still can’t hear him so who volunteers to read his lines while he lip-syncs”

carrierpidgeon: “this is the most hideous lighting we’ve had since….midsummer” “midsummer was our last show” “did i fucking stutter”

carrierpidgeon: “can we just let the seniors do the whole show”

carrierpidgeon: “the next time flotsam misses her cue i’m going to run on that stage and be flotsam myself”

carrierpidgeon: “does grimsby…actually…even know his lines” “that’s…u can’t be serious oF COURSE HE DOESN’T”

*

lanceylance: U MISS UR CALLBACK OR U MISS UR CUE UR DIRECTOR SHOULD BE FIRING U

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takashmeoutside: no u know what we’re gonna go nonchalant white dad on this 

(Said in response to finding younger sibling made a hole in the wall)

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takashmeoutside: excuse me i was a Perfect Gentleman

kogayne: “was” damn right what happened

*

kogayne: how do i put this in a way u musical fuckers will appreciate

takashmeoutside: oh no

kogayne: ~on the first day of pride month some asshole gave to me, a harsh reminder of reality~

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Tinydick: WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY YOU LITTLE GREMLIN

Tinydick: I’LL DROP KICK YOU SO HARD YOU’LL GO FLYING INTO THE ORBIT OF FUCKING JUPITER

Tinydick: DOES EUROPA HAVE LIFE UNDER ITS SURFACE

Tinydick: WELL PIDGE IS ABOUT TO FIND OUT

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Lancei still cant believe i saw his mullet in personit stared me dead in the eyethat mullet came into my house and threatened the lives of my children

*

Princess: so I judo flipped him 

RazzleDazzle: you should’ve seen it

Hunky: he bounced like a rock skipping on water

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A beautiful compilation.

[icypantherwrites]

Fic Update: Worth(less), Chapter Two

On their journey to Earth, Voltron stops at a planet for supplies and finds that its inhabitants are not only incredibly generous but powerful and would make strong allies in their upcoming fight. In order to secure the alliance, the king assigns a member of his council to observe each Paladin and judge their worth.

Lance is delighted to find out his evaluator is the king’s own son, Prince Barin, who is a formidable fighter, pilot, and he’s determined to prove himself worthy and make Voltron proud, especially following the horrible game show experience with Bob.

Except Lance discovers that the prince isn’t interested in evaluating his worth as a Paladin; he's just interested in his body. And for the sake of the universe… Lance knows what he has to do.

“Therefore, it is imperative that our next two quintants together go smoothly,” Barin continued, “so I may give a positive evaluation of yourself. Do you understand?” “Absolutely,” Lance bobbed his head. Barin’s fangs peeked with his smile. “Excellent. Then our first order of business...” He leaned forward, smile growing. “Kiss me.”

Chapter two snippet: “Your offer is most generous,” Allura said, “and I believe I can safely speak for all of Voltron’s members when we say such is most welcome and we gratefully accept your invitation in all of its parts.”

“Thank God,” Pidge muttered below her breath and Lance ducked his head to hide his smile as he’d had a feeling Pidge would have rioted had Allura thought to move directly into heavy alliance talks and based on Romelle’s sigh and Hunk’s soft moan of relief she may have had company.

“Most excellent,” King Taron smiled at them. “I shall have my head of house Marla—” and as he spoke an alien of a different species than Lance had yet seen — short and squat with almost badger-like features although she was bipedal — stood forward from where Lance could she had been sitting — practically invisible, and he had a feeling that was on purpose — in a chair also up on the dais, but further back from the king’s throne.

In fact….

Lance squinted his eyes.

He could faintly make out a second throne — slightly smaller and less detailed — sitting empty to the right of the king’s and there were several chairs — and he thought movement — where Marla had just stood up.

Was…

Was that the council back there? Watching them and concealed (partly) with the refraction technology?

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Solar Opposites in: Ultra Opposites Episode #15: “New Ultra Opposites Pt. 2” (by @avaveevo)

When we last saw our heroes, they escape the wrath from a furious Romelle. Now, the heroes landed on a foggy Rocky Mountain as they catch their breath

Jamie/Firey: What were you thinking? I mean, stealing the orb?!

Darcy/Miss Darcina: Yeah Chloe. We were supposed to earn Romelle’s trust, not steal from her!

Princess Chloe sighs.

Princess Chloe: sigh Look I am sorry. I didn’t have a choice okay?

Solar Flare starts flaring up.

Terry/Solar Flare: Are you nuts? What you did back there was out of line! I had no idea you would go this low!

Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: Honey, calm down.

Princess Chloe: Well, I am doing the best I can, Solar Flare! Ugh! Sometimes I wonder why you’re all heroes in the first place! You’re all too useless and think about yourselves! How lazy can you all be anyway?!

Solar Flare snaps.

Terry/Solar Flare: Hey don’t talk about my family and my friends like that! Judging from the way you are acting, you’re the only princess who doesn’t trust us heroes!

Princess Chloe’s anger flares up.

Princess Chloe: WELL MAYBE WE WOULD’VE BEEN BETTER OFF WITHOUT FUCK UP HEROES LIKE YOU!

Solar Flare gasps and starts to tear up. The rest of the Ultra Opposites are shock, saddened, disgusted and furious over what Chloe said. Princess Chloe is shocked at what she said

Princess Chloe: Terry… I-

Solar Flare: I just can't be here right now...

Princess Chloe: But Terry, let me explain-

Solar Flare: JUST LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!

Solar Flare then turns into his Mundane form and punches Princess Chloe to the floor as he runs off in tears without a word. Ms. Perez and the rest of the Ultra Opposites look at Chloe in disgust.

Korvo/The Legendary Super Shlorpian: What the fuck is the matter with you?!

Cherie/Agent Red: You heartless royal fuck! How could you?!

Nova/Lady Roseus: How could you say that about our friend?! And to us?!

Princess Chloe: Wait a minute! I can explain-

Yumyulack/Psylock: What is with you, your highness, don't take your anger out on us, we all stuck together because our newfound friendship and relationships really mattered, but I guess I was wrong...

Darcy/Miss Darcina: Yeah, look Chloe, you're a cool Princess and all... But that wasn't cool, your highness. That was totally out of line. You... You've become a cold person! All head and no heart!

Princess Chloe snaps.

Princess Chloe: Ugh! Look, just-

Ms. Perez slaps Chloe in the face as Chloe screams, much to the other Ultra Opposites’ surprise and Mia’s smitten.

Mia: smitten whistle

Legendary Super Shlorpian slaps Princess Chloe in the face

Princess Chloe: Ow! What was that for?

Ms. Perez: For hurting my friend's feelings.

Princess Chloe: But they-

Ms. Perez: I don't wanna hear it, okay?! What is your problem, Princess?! You had no right to yell at Terry and the others like that! And you had no right to treat us like that too! You’ve changed! All you care about is yourself! And you know what? Terry’s right! You're not the same princess everyone know anymore, and Terry’s feelings are probably hurt now! So what are you now? her face turns into a sad look ...Certainly not the princess everyone knew and loved. But if you feel like you're better without heroes and friends, you can be alone all you want now…

Princess Chloe gasp in remorse.

Princess Chloe: Ultra Opposites, wait! Give me another chance! I-

Kevin/The Flamethrower: I think you've said enough already.

Yumyulack/Psylock: Yeah! Yeah princess, it's too late, the damage has already been done…

Everyone leaves. Electra gives the princess a cold look. Princess Chloe sighs. Later, Ms. Perez sighs as she looks up at the sky while Mia watches her.

Ms. Perez: takes a deep breath I just need to clear my head….

Mia: Ms. Perez?

Cue Song:

[MS. PEREZ, spoken]

I just need to clear my head and start... fresh. (sigh)

[MS. PEREZ]

Gotta be unique but gotta blend in

Hide my inner geek and keep pretendin'

Gotta keep ’em laughin'

Though I'm only half in

Gotta put a show on ’til I know they like me

Gotta be aloof, make a good impression

Gotta hide the proof of my self expression

Never be revealing

Gotta be appealing

Suddenly I'm feeling

Like I'm getting so

[IMAGINARY MONSTER]

Small

[MS. PEREZ]

Breaking into little pieces

Losing power

[IMAGINARY MONSTER]

Getting weaker

[MS. PEREZ]

Gotta do whatever plеases

'Til they let mе in

So we try to be more than enough

Trying to be strong and tough

Try to be something we're not

Try to fit a different plot

Proving we're bold

Without causing a fuss

We're trying so hard to be us

Will it ever be enough?

Gotta be unique but gotta blend in

Hide my inner geek and keep pretendin'

Gotta keep ’em laughin’

Though I'm only half in

Gotta put a show on ’til I know they like me (like me)

[IMAGINARY MONSTER, UNDER Chorus]

Breaking into little pieces

Trying to be strong and tough

[BOTH]

Like me, l-like me, but I know there's nobody like me

[MS. PEREZ]

Doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo-doo

Doo-doo-doo-doo

So we try to be more than enough

[MS. PEREZ]

Trying to be strong and tough

[IMAGINARY MONSTER]

Try to be something we're not

[MS. PEREZ]

Try to fit a different plot

Proving we're bold without causing a fuss

[IMAGINARY MONSTER]

We’re trying too hard to be us

[MS. PEREZ]

We're already more than enough

[BOTH]

In a world where no one wears disguises

We would all be free

But being divided is what was decided

So that's how it has to be

*Suddenly Ms. Perez starts glowing as she starts to float up and looks at the city*

But if we try to uncover what's real

[MS. PEREZ

I'm already strong and tough

[BOTH]

Put down our armor and shield

[MS. PEREZ]

Gonna fit the plot I've got

[BOTH]

And just remember, you're never alone

If the back that you've got is your own

[MS. PEREZ]

Gotta be unique but gotta blend in (trying too hard to be us)

Hide my inner geek and keep pretendin'

Gotta keep 'em laughin'(trying too hard to be us)

Though I'm only half in

Gotta put a show on 'til I know they like me

*Then in a shocking moment, Ms. Perez’s clothes turns into her own Ultra Opposites form.*

No more trying too hard to be me

*Mia blushes lovingly*

'Cause that's one thing it's easy to be

Take the trying away and be free

'Cause it's their turn to try to see me

After she finishes singing, Ms. Perez, or whoever is she is now, looks around her outfit in surprise and shock while Mia comes up to her.

Mia: Woah. You look...beautiful...

Ms. Perez blushes then the other Ultra Opposites came in while looking for Solar Flare.

Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: Ladies! We need to find Solar…. Huh?

Miss Frankie/Shadow Lady: No way…

Ms. Perez laughs and does a twirl.

Jesse/Electra: Ms. Perez?

Korvo/The Legendary Super Shlorpian: What happened to you?!

Ms. Perez: Ms. Perez is gone. I'm Shout Out now!

Ms. Perez does her own superhero form as the other adults gasp in joy and then embrace her. Agent Red, Legendary Super Shlorpian, Master and Lady Roseus watch as they smile.

Jesse/Electra: Holy shit! One of our best teachers in the world is now one of us?! This is so cool!

Ms. Perez/Shout Out: Thanks

Janiz/Lady Super Shlorpian: We can celebrate later. Right now we have to find Terry!

Lady Super Shlorpian uses her super sense and hears Mundane Solar Flare sobbing.

Janiz/Lady Super Shlorpian: Oh dear… I found him… and he is so heartbroken…

Ms. Perez/Shout Out: Oh no… poor Terry…

Jesse/Electra: Oh no...

Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: Oh my poor Terry… I can’t believe Chloe said something horrible like that… I would never want to say that to you guys…

Rest Of the Ultra Opposites: touched by the bottom of their hearts Aaaawww.

Nova/Lady Roseus: Come on. Let’s go comfort him…

The rest of the Ultra Opposites finds Mundane Solar Flare lying down, curled up while sobbing in his arms as they go up to him in concern and sadness.

Super Shlorpian Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: Terry?

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: Go away.

Super Shlorpian Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: Oh Terry.

Mundane Solar Flare looks at his friends and family in sadness as he continues sobbing.

Sherbet/Violet: Are you okay?

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: I’m sorry guys… Chloe is right… it’s all my fault…

Super Shlorpian Legendary Super Shlorpian gasps.

Cherie/Agent Red: Oh Terry.

Principal Cooke/Super Cooke: No…

Kevin/The Flamethrower: Don’t blame yourself…

Jesse/Electra: Yeah. You were just trying to help…

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: But I'm a fuck-up.

Montez/The Master: Of course not.

Yumyulack/Psylock: That’s bullshit!

Nova/Lady Roseus: Yeah.

Super Shlorpian Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: You're not a fuck-up.

Ms. Perez/Shout Out: Yeah. You're just trying too hard to be you.

Mundane Solar Flare looks at his husband weeping while Super Shlorpian Legendary Super Shlorpian holds him and brings him close to him.

Super Shlorpian Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: Shh. It’s okay my darling. We’re all here for you. Shh.

Mundane Solar Flare stops sobbing and hugs his husband while sighing lovingly.

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: You know, you're very warm, Korvy.

Miss Frankie/Shadow Lady: We’re sorry Chloe said that about us. But you are not a fuck up

Principal Cooke/Super Cooke: Yeah! You were the one who creates the Ultra Opposites and brought us together! I mean look at the past stuff you have done when you became Solar Flare!

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: Like what?!

Montez/The Master: You saved me from Ophelia and brought peace to the Wall that freed us!

Mundane Solar Flare thinks about when he first became Solar Flare.

Yumyulack/Psylock: You stood up to that evil empress when Jesse and I were in danger with brave courage

Miss Frankie/Shadow Lady: You helped show me the light!

Nova/Lady Roseus: You even stood up to pirate when Jesse was in danger!

Janiz/Lady Super Shlorpian: You even risk your life to save Korvo form Brian out of the love for him in your heart!

Daryl/Dark Matter: You were our inspiration Terry.

Mundane Solar Flare smiles.

Jaime/Firey: We believe in you dude.

Super Shlorpian Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: And Terry, we will never leave you. Ever. Because, we will always love you

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: cries with happiness Come here, Korvy!

The two superhero monster alien husbands kiss while the others hug him. Then, Mundane Solar Flare notice Shout Out

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: Ms. Perez?

Ms. Perez/Shout Out: Hey Terry.

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: You’re an Ultra Opposites now?

Ms. Perez/Shout Out: giggles Yep. What do you think?

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: You look great!

Ms. Perez/Shout Out: Thanks.

Then, the gang looks up at the sky in determination.

Ms. Perez/Shout Out: You guys, I don’t know about you but we got a town to save!

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: Let's kick some ass.

Miss Frankie/Shadow Lady: Fuck yeah! Mia, come with us! This is your chance

Mia: Really? You mean it?

Jesse/Electra: Of course!

Janice/Master Smasher: H’no I think you do great y’know!

Mia smiles tearfully.

Mia: hugs Mundane Solar Flare Thank you…

Mundane Solar Flare smiles and hugs back.

Super Shlorpian Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: Come on Ultra Opposites! Let’s go save our town!

And with that, the heroes take off to save the day while Super Shlorpian Legendary Super Shlorpian helps carry Mia. Back with Princess Chloe, she is sobbing over what she has done and said, as well as being mean to the Ultra Opposites.

Princess Chloe: tearfully What have I done? I ruined everything! There’s no chance to save the planets now… it’s all my fault…

Suddenly, Ophelia appears

Ophelia: Got ya!

Princess Chloe screams. Ophelia grabs the princess and traps her in the cage.

Ophelia: You’re mine now.

Princess Chloe: No no…

Back with the Ultra Opposites, Psylock looks at Lady Super Shlorpian.

Yumyulack/Psylock: Hey Aunt Janiz?

Janiz/Lady Super Shlorpian: Yes?

Yumyulack/Psylock: Since when did you receive your own suit?

Janiz/Lady Super Shlorpian: I honestly don’t know but…it feels nice to be able to have one.

Flashback shows Janiz looking out the window as she sees Terry leave to rescue Korvo. Suddenly, an icy pink orb piece makes its way as it merges with Janiz who wasn’t looking. As Janiz feels the sensation, she suddenly develop ice pink breath as she gasp. She then grows determined and leaves while the others follow her. The flashback ends as Janiz smiles.

Janiz/Lady Super Shlorpian: But I felt like something woke in me, like another orb piece

Lady Super Shlorpian wipes away a tears. Suddenly, a reference to the first Incredibles movie, Cherie gets a phone call from Pezlie’s babysitter.

Cherie/Agent Red: Hello?

Baby sister: voicemail Hi this is Amy. I want you to know that you baby is in good hands, she has special needs. I’m so glad you in that replacement and…

Cherie/Agent Red: Replacement?! I didn’t call for a replacement!

Sherbet/Violet: What’s wrong, Agent Red?

Cherie/Agent Red: It’s Pezile’s babysitter.

Montez/The Master: What did she say?

Cherie/Agent Red: Something about a replacement.

Agent Red then gasp. Later, the Ultra Opposites raced to Cherie’s house where they gasp upon seeing Pezlie held captive by Ophelia and Robo Korvo.

Cherie/Agent Red: Pezlie! No!

Solar Flare notices Robo Korvo.

Ophelia: Shh. The baby’s sleeping…

Terry/Solar Flare: Oh my god! You made an evil robotic version of my husband?! That’s fucking sick! Nobody messes with the Shlorpian I loved and married!

Legendary Super Shlorpian blushes.

Cherie/Agent Red: Give me back my daughter you bitch!

Ophelia: Make me.

Suddenly, Pezlie wakes up and starting crying as tears fall down her eyes, and suddenly, Ophelia’s skin burns as she screams and lets go of Pezlie. Lady Super Shlorpian then turns into her Super Shlorpian form and grabs Pezlie.

Super Shlorpian Janiz/Lady Super Shlorpian: Got ya!

Pezlie giggles but suddenly starts glowing tickle me pink as she coos. Then, after the glow fades, Pezlie received her own super suit as Agent Red catches her.

Cherie/Agent Red: Pezlie?

Pezlie/???: giggles Mama! Mama!

Terry/Solar Flare: Oh my God! She’s adorable!

Jesse/Electra: D’aw, an Ultra Opposites baby….

Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: What should her superhero name be?

Cherie/Agent Red: How about La Oscuridad? Because, of her painful tears that burns people’s skin off?

Pezlie, now La Oscuridad, does her cute superhero baby pose as she giggles. Then, Ophelia wakes up and growls.

Jesse/Electra: That could work!

Ophelia: It’s too late Opposites! I have Princess Chloe locked up! Fight me and I will release her!

Terry/Solar Flare: Oh we fucking will!

As Ophelia and Robo Korvo flies off, the heroes nod at each other as they make a resolve.

Terry/Solar Flare: You know what? Sure Chloe made mistakes, but we should still forgive her!

Montez/The Master: I agree!

Principal Cooke/Super Cooke: I agree. Like Korvo said, heroes always make mistakes and get on each other’s nerves. But they always make up

Legendary Super Shlorpian smiles.

Darcy/Miss Darcina: Good point! It would be hard for a hero to give up anyway.

Miss Frankie/Shadow Lady: No one serves to be left out in the cold cruel world. Chloe may have hurted us, but we should still forgive her. Let’s go save her guys!

Jesse/Electra: Yay!

Rest of the Ultra Opposites: Alright! Let’s do this! Let’s go do the right thing! Let’s kick some fucking ass! We go this! Woo-hoo! We can do this guys! Yay!

Terry/Solar Flare: You did good, Korv.

Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: Thanks dear. Now let’s go save the world!

We then cut to Ophelia’s fortress.

Ophelia: It’s too late Princess… I once had friendship… but I was turned away after I realized I was unfit to rule… let’s face it.. you abandoned them… you’re just like me… a princess… all alone… no power.. face it princess… friendship has failed you…

Princess Chloe: Why are you doing this?

Ophelia: For revenge. As here to the throne, I wouldn’t stand a chance. I knew I preferable of course but sadly that went to Sabine. Then I heard about the cosmic and decide to take it. But, then the four aliens beat me to it.

Cue the song Open Up Your Eyes:

[Ophelia]

It's time you learned a lesson

It's time that you understand

Don't ever count on anybody else In this or any other land

I once hoped for friendship

To find a place among my kind

But those were the childish wishes

Of someone who was blind

Open up your eyes! See the world from where I stand!

Me, among the mighty...

You caged at my command...

Open up your eyes! Give up your sweet fantasy land!

It's time to grow up and get wise

Come, now, little one

Open up your eyes

We all start out the same

With simple naïve trust

Shielded from the many ways

That life's not fair or just

But then there comes a moment

A simple truth that you must face

If you depend on others

You'll never find your place

And as you take that first step

Upon a path that's all your own

You see it all so clearly

The best way to survive is all alone

Open up your eyes!

See the world from where I stand!

Me, among the mighty...

You caged at my command...

Open up your eyes! And behold the faded lights!

It's time to grow up and get wise

Come, now, little one Open up your eyes!

Open up your eyes!

The song ends as Princess Chloe finally realize how horrible she has treated the Ultra Opposites.

Ophelia: It’s too late now… no heroes to help you… no queen to save you… face it princess… these heroes have failed you…

Terry/Solar Flare: Hold it right there!

Princess Chloe and Ophelia gasp upon seeing the Ultra Opposites and Mia.

Princess Chloe: Ultra Opposites!

Ophelia: And Perez?!

Ms. Perez/Shout Out: It’s Shout Out!

Ophelia: Oh, whatever! Robo Korvo, demolish them!

Robo Korvo nods and get into a fighting stance. The heroes nod at each other as they get ready to fight.

Terry/Solar Flare: eyes glow orange Let’s go!

Ophelia: What the?!

Solar Flare’s skin turns black as he grows muscular. He then grows bigger as his suits and boots rip apart into pieces. Finally, Solar Flare finishes turning into his Mundane form as he roars. Legendary Super Shlorpian blushes and grows horny because of Mundane Solar Flare.

Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: Damn honey. You have so turned on right now…

Ms. Perez/Shout Out: Wow! I had no idea Terry can do that!

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: Aw, thanks babe.

Yumyulack/Psylock: What the fuck are we waiting here for?! Let’s go kick some ass! Guys, roll out!

All: Yeah!

The heroes then get into a big fight with Ophelia. Lady Roseus uses her gift powers that made confetti. Then, Miss Darcina pummels the guards with her strength while Super Shlorpian Lady Super Shlorpian uses her ice powers to slow the guards down

Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: Good job, sis!

Super Shlorpian Janiz/Lady Super Shlorpian: Thanks bro! Agent Red, La Oscuridad, Flamethrower, Violet and Master! Now!

Cherie/Agent Red: You got it!

Agent Red uses her martial arts, that kicks the guards towards La Oscuridad who cries out her painful tears, then Flamethrower blows fire on the guards’ ass, Violet changes colors to confused the guards and kicks them to Master, who uses his psychotic powers to blast tjem away. Agent Red hugs La Oscuridad in joy!

Cherie/Agent Red: D’aw, Pezlie’s first bad guy!

Pezlie/La Oscuridad: giggling

Ophelia: Stop fucking sucking up to that kid!

Shadow Lady throws her weaponry at the guard as they duck but then got blast by the brai waves caused by Psylock and Dark Matter and then they kiss. The guards then got shoot by Super Cooke’s laser eyes. Firey uses his fire powers to burn the floor which made the guards fell as they get by Electra’s electric wrecking ball.

Jesse/Electra: You just got Electra’d!

Ultra Man and Master Smasher then combine their strength powers and throws a beak at the guards. Master Smasher gives Ultra Man a kiss on the cheek as he blushes. The guards then look up and see Shout Out standing near them.

Guard: Uh, what can she do?

Ms. Perez/Shout Out: This!

Shout Out uses her screaming powers that blast the guards away. But, Robo Korvo is still standing.

Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: Bring it on you knock off!

Robo Korvo: Must eliminate.

Legendary Super Shlorpian turns into his Super Shlorpian form as he starts to fight with Robo Korvo. Mia then sees the keys and sneaks past Ophelia as she secretly grabs the keys and unlocks the cage Princess Chloe is in.

Mia: Hold on.

Princess Chloe: Thank you.

Suddenly, Ophelia shoots a ball at Mia, but Mia uses her new powers and shoots a beam that destroys Ophelia’s fireball.

Ophelia: Damn it!

Suddenly, Mia starts glowing neon green as it consumes her, as the light fades, a mysterious new hero appears.

Mia/???: Look out Ophelia! You just met… Shine Light!

Shout Out blushes. Mia, now an Ultra Opposites named Shine Light does her own pose as she smiles in joy.

Cherie/Agent Red: No way? Mia?! Is that you?!

Nova/Lady Roseus: You look amazing!

Mia/Shine Light: Thanks. So, Shout Out, what do ya think?

Ms. Perez/Shout Out: Wow, I think you’re amazing just the way you are. That’s why the neon green orb piece chose you because of your kindness towards others.

Shine Light giggles. Then the rest of the Ultra Opposites notices Legendary Super Shlorpian struggling to defeat Robo Korvo.

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: Shit! Korvo needs our help!

Mia/Shout Out: Say no more! Let’s help him guys! But first, Solar Flare, go help your husband before you give us the signal!

Mundane Solar Flare nods and runs up to help his husband, who is growing frustrated by his ice breath reflects off of Robo Korvo’s skin.

Robo Korvo: Face it! Ice powers inferior!

Super Shlorpian Legendary Super Shlorpian growls

Super Shlorpian Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: No. I am not giving up! You may be powerful than me, but at least I got friends and family to help me out! uses his super Shlorpian strength then enraged Robo Korvo who grabs him by the neck which starts enraging Legendary Super Shlorpian into going savage

Super Shlorpian Janiz/Lady Super Shlorpian: Oh no! Stay back! If a Shlorpian gets enraged enough, he or she goes savage!

Super Shlorpian Legendary Super Shlorpian roars loudly.

Jesse/Electra: Oh no! We have to help Korvo!

Mundane Solar Flare growls

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: How dare he makes my Korvy go savage! I got this!

Super Shlorpian Legendary Super Shlorpian snarls as his savage instincts take in.

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: Korvo, no!

Legendary Super Shlorpain snarls but luckily Psylock and Master manage to make Robo Korvo power down by destroying the brain piece in him as the others cheer. However Legendary Super Shlorpian is still going savage.

Super Shlorpian Janiz/Lady Super Shlorpain: Oh no! Korvo! We have to help him before he goes out of control!

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: Hey, Korvo?

Super Shlorpian Legendary Super Shlorpian snarls at Mundane Solar Flare, who begins to feel a connection to this as he remembers the time he lost control because of his fears of hurting Korvo. Then, Mundane Solar Flare, for the first time, will full control, know what to do now!

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: I got this.

Mundane Solar Flare bravely heads towards his Super Shlorpian husband and suddenly pummels him, but it was in a romantic embrace as Super Shlorpian L.S.S. shed tears of rage in his eyes. Mundane Solar Flare grabs his husband by the shoulders and gets ready to kiss him. Super Shlorpian Legendary Super Shlorpian then starts whimpering in tears as Mundane Solar Flare gasp and soothes his husband’s face.

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: It’s okay. It’s okay. Would a kiss make you feel better?

Super Shlorpian Legendary Super Shlorpian starts weeping as Mundane Solar Flare rubs his sweetheart’s back softly, as he comforts his overwhelmed husband.

Super Shlorpian Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: Terry…I love you.

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: And I love you too Korvy, I always will…

The two monster alien husbands kiss as the others cheer.

Ophelia: No! This isn’t over Ultra Opposites! I’ll get you yet!

Jesse/Electra: We’d like to see you try!

Cherie/Agent Red: grinning with an idea Pezlie, sick ‘em!

La Oscuridad coos and pounces on Ophelia.

Ophelia: Wait! What are you-

La Oscuridad cries a painful blast of tears as Ophelia gets blown away screaming.

Ophelia: CURSE YOOOOOOOOUUUUUU!

Ultra Opposites: Alright La Orscuridad! What a brave baby! Mommy’s little hero! What a cutie! Yay Pezlie!

Mundane Terry/Solar Flare: Well, how about that?

Cherie/Agent Red: Come here! Mommy is so proud of you! kiss La Oscuridad on the forehead

La Oscuridad giggles. Then, Princess Chloe remorsefully walks towards the heroes.

Princess Chloe: Look. I’m sorry. I was wrong to-

Terry/Solar Flare: Chloe, I don't want to hear it. puts his hand on Chloe’s shoulder before pulling her into a tight hug I'm sorry too. Even princesses mess up sometimes, I don't know what came over us but we never should've let that argument get so bad...

Princess Chloe: sighs in relief I don't even know why I said we’d be better off without heroes considering you're the defenders of Earth, will all of you ever forgive me?

The Ultra Opposites: Sure! Why not! I guess I’m sorry. All is forgiven.

Jesse/Electra: But on one condition, learn to trust others and don't ever say stuff like that again, that really hurt our feelings.

Princess Chloe: I know. I’m so sorry.

Jesse/Electra: It’s okay. Now let’s go save our queen…

Back at the festival, it is back on the Queen is unpetrified, all is forgiven when Princess Chloe admit the truth over what happens, Romelle apologizes to our heroes. And best of all, peace has been restored for the four planets. Everyone is celebrating while the Ultra Opposites watch from below.

Jesse/Electra: So what now? Should we go to the festival?

Terry/Solar Flare: Yeah. But right now, I am so happy that everything is back to normal. Except with Ophelia being back. Yeesh.

Montez/The Master: Yeah. But we’ll be ready when she comes back. Right guys?

Rest of the Ultra Opposites: Right!

The Ultra Opposites murmur in agreement. Legendary Super Shlorpian, however is looking down sadly, feeling awful for nearly losing his sanity.

Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpain: I’m so sorry I almost went out of control back there. I don’t know what came over me…

Terry/Solar Flare: Korv, it’s okay. Maybe dancing at the festival tonight will make you feel better.

Korvo/Legendary Super Shlorpian: smiling through tears of joy I would love that my darling…

The two alien husbands kiss. We then cut to the night of the festival where Christina Aguilera is about to perform Rainbow from the MLP Movie:

[Christina Aguilera]

I know you, you're a special one

Some see crazy where I see love

You fall so low but shoot so high

Big dreamers shoot for open sky

So much life in those open eyes

So much depth, you look for the light

But when your wounds open, you will cry

You'll cry out now and you'll question why

Human Terry: Sure is beautiful

Human Korvo: Yes it is. kiss Human Terry on the lips

Human Yumyulack gags.

[Christina Aguilera]

I can see a rainbow

In your tears as they fall on down

I can see your soul grow

Through the pain as they hit the ground

I can see a rainbow

In your tears as the sun comes out

As the sun comes out

Human Terry: Wanna dance, Korv?

Human Korvo nods as the two husbands get in a romantic slow dance. Then, the family and their friends watches as fireworks appear through the sky.

THE END

[discordiansamba]

also have this snippet from the supernatural AU oneshot that I've had sitting in my WIP folder for two years bc it's a funny exchange

"Locked." Keith muttered. Hunk let out a breath of relief. "Well, nothing we can do about that! Guess our only choice is to head home and hit the hay." Keith just snorted, pulling something out of one of his belt pouches. Shining his flashlight on it, Hunk felt his heart drop. "Is that a…?" "-lock-picking kit?" Keith finished, crouching in front of the lock. "Why? You a cop?" "You're legally obligated to tell us if you are." Romelle added. "Okay, first of all, that's not even true." Hunk said. "And second of all… should we really be doing this? You know, breaking in? What if someone catches us?" "We were always going to break in, Hunk." Keith observed, setting to work on the lock. Romelle shone her flashlight on it, having already accepted her fate as an accomplice. "Besides, it's fine. Nobody lives here anymore, and there's no one around to see. We won't get in trouble."

[the-kittens-of-vol-tron]

Reflection

Chapter 2: Hi

Summary: The team makes their way back to earth and gets picked up by the Garrison. Shiro sees Adam since he left for Kerberos. Tension runs high.

AO3!

Word Count: 2,799

Enjoy~

Shiro’s POV 

“GUYS DO YOU SEE IT!!!!” Lance screamed on the video chat, a wide smile on his face. 

“Oh my, that’s Earth?” Allura exclaimed, clasping her hands in front of her as she marveled at the planet in front of them. 

“I didn’t expect it to be so…blue,” Coran added, twisting his mustache. 

“Yeah, most of Earth is made up of water. And most of the water is salt water and we call them ocean…” Lance began to explain more about his home planet. 

Shiro felt the smile fall off his face. His stomach plummeted the closer they got. Adam was there. 

“You okay?” Keith asked, silencing the coms as he shifted his body to look at him. 

Shiro gave him a forced smile and nodded. “Just…excited to get home.” 

Keith gave him an unsure look. Turning back to look out of his lion. 

---

It took them longer than they needed to reach Earth. The Galra has already placed its stamp on the world. Not fully consumed, but enough to squeeze most of the remaining earthlings into a couple of garrison bases. 

Pidge jumped out of the vehicle, hugging her mother tightly. Lance was greeted by his family next. Shiro did his best to send Hunk a reassuring smile when his family didn’t make an appearance. He took a deep breath, preparing himself to introduce their Altean allies. His breath hitched when his eyes fell on Adam. 

He didn’t look too different from the last time he saw him. Though, that was in passing as he made his way to the rocket. He stopped being able to spend time with him after they ended things. He fought back a frown. Heartbreak begging to swallow him whole. 

His throat tightened as emotions began to rush to the surface. The urge to cry mixed with the desire to hug him and never let him go. He squeezed his hands into fists, forcing his feet to stay planted on the ground. 

Adam wasn’t his anymore. He would never be his again. He was a fool to think he was actually over him. But being forced to fight for Galran's entertainment right back into leading Voltron made his mind a bit too distracted to think about Adam. And what they had. And what they lost. Along with how to move on. 

“Welcome home,” Iverson sent them all with an unsure smile. He sent the Alteans a tentative look. 

Shiro fell into autopilot, quickly introducing Allura, Romelle, and Coran. His eyes flicker between Iverson and Adam. Who still hadn't truly looked at him.  

“Well, anyone who is willing to help in the fight against the…Galra is a friend of Earths.” Iverson gave a welcoming nod at the Alteans. Coran took over the conversation, twisting his mustache as he began to tell Iverson of the time of his youth. 

Shiro didn’t hear him. His attention was still on Adam, who finally met his eyes. Briefly, but he did. He found his feet moving forward before he could stop them. Adam purposely looked at the vehicles who just brought them into the base. He stopped about two feet in front of him. “Adam,” his voice came out in a whisper. 

The other man looked at him, a neutral expression on his face. “Commander Shirogane, happy to see you’re alive.” His voice didn’t match the smile that formed on his face. 

Shiro gave a tense nod, ignoring how his stomach dropped at the name. The formality. He didn’t have to deal with it after the breakup. They didn’t speak, only quick glances. “Yeah…it was a hell of a time.” 

“Well,” Adam pushed his glasses up on his face, “I look forward to reading about it in your published report.” 

Shiro fought back a frown. There really isn't anything between them anymore. Not even a friendship. He took a wobbly breath, if any reconnection were to happen he would have to be the one to start it. “Adam, if you are willing I would like to-” 

The other man turned his head, raising his voice to speak to some workers behind him. “Make sure these vehicles are charged and no damage is found. They need to be ready to go for the next supply mission.” 

The workers nodded, making their way toward the vehicles. He turned his attention back to Shiro, “make sure Iverson shows you to your room.” He pivoted on one foot, doing a 180 as he turned to leave the area. A voice causing him to halt in place. 

“You’re seriously going to walk away before I can even say hello?” The voice jogged at the older man, wrapping his arms tightly around him. 

“Lance, this isn’t very professional,” Adam kept his hands to his side. A smile on his face as Lance squeezed him even tighter. 

“Shut up. I just kicked ass in outer space. If I want to hug my favorite advisor I will.” The younger boy protested. 

Adam laughed, the sound filled the air. Bringing a warmth Shiro hadn't felt in years. Along with a pang of jealousy at not being the reason for the sound. He always loved making Adam laugh. He wrapped his arm around the younger boy, chuckling at something else Lance mumbled to him. 

“So…Lance knows Adam?” Keith cautiously asked, having moved closer to Shiro. His hand was placed on Kosmo’s head. His thumb moved in a small circle. 

“I guess…” Shiro furrowed his brows, trying to remember if that name ever came up in conversation. It was possible Adam became his advisor after he left for Kerberos. 

Keith placed his free hand on Shiro’s shoulder. Giving it a comforting squeeze. He knew this was going to be a hard adjustment. 

---

“And this is where you will stay while you’re here.” Iverson led them to a blocked-off quarter. They would still be able to share a living room together and a kitchen. But each would have their own bedroom. Like the castle. 

“Thank you, Iverson.” Shiro sent his former colleague a smile. Ignoring how Keith and Lance were already fighting over which room they wanted. He wishes they would just confess and kiss. End this childish rivalry that they hide behind. 

“Come on Shiro, you’re not a cadet anymore. How many times do I have to tell you to call me Mitch.” Iverson smiled at him, patting his back in a friendly manner. 

Shiro chuckled. “Just keep repeating it.” 

“Tomorrow I think we should touch base and learn what you all know. For now rest. The fridge is full of food but the cafeteria is still open. Rest up,” he sent everyone and nodded and left the room. Lance immediately snickered as the door closed. 

“His name is Mitch?!” He threw his head back in laughter. Hunk joined in soon after. 

“Yeah…” Shiro made his way to the couch. Silently vowing to take whatever bedroom wasn’t claimed by the end of the night. He glanced at Lance and Pidge. Curious why they didn’t want to room with their family. 

Maybe they too didn’t want to split up this family. 

“How do you know Adam?” Keith crossed his arm, sinking back into the couch. His eyes trained on Lance. 

“He was my advisor. For before and after acceptance.” Lance stated as if it was everyday knowledge. He squinted his eyes back at Keith. “How do you know Adam?” 

Keith’s eyes flickered to Shiro for a moment and he shifted uncomfortably. Unsure of what to say. Coran broke the tension. 

“I have to ask, who is this Adam? Just someone who works for the Garrison?” 

“He’s a fighter pilot…and professor.” Shiro stared at the coffee table the couch circled. “He’s also my… ex-fiancé.” 

The room fell into silence, Keith apparently being the only one who was aware of the fact. Pidge scrunched up her nose, “you were engaged?” 

Hunk frowned, “ex…?” 

Shiro sighed, sinking back into the couch. Briefly praying it would swallow him home. But this was his team. His family. “We met during our first semester at the Garrison. Both of us were in the fighter pilots course.” His eyes softened at the memory. The first time he had ever seen Adam. 

Both of them were eighteen. The first class of the semester. Shiro had walked in a couple of minutes before the class officially started. His roommate was chatting excitedly about the upcoming semester. His senses froze as his eyes landed on him. 

A skinnier boy was sitting at a desk, slouched back in his chair. His head tilted up at the ceiling, his eyes closed weakly. Shiro forgot how to breathe for a moment. His heart pounded in his chest. He couldn’t tear his eyes away from that nameless boy. 

His roommate touched his arm. “Come on dude we have to sit down.” 

Shiro nodded and followed his roommate to an empty seat. Forcing his eyes forward the entire time. Fighting the urge to look toward the kid who he now had a name for thanks to role call. Adam. 

“We quickly became friends and then we found ourselves together. Then after we graduated,” he paused. Glancing down at his robotic arm. Silently deciding to keep his former illness a secret. “We got engaged.” 

“What happened?” Allura asked. Her tone was cautious but supportive. 

He released a tense breath through his nose. “I took the Kerberos mission.” 

Nobody said anything. Their eyes cast down to the ground. “So you two ended things because you were going on a year-long mission?” Pidge raised their eyebrows questionably. Her voice was unconvincing. 

“More or less,” Shiro found his foot tapping silently on the carpet. There was a lot more to the story.  A lot more.  But he couldn’t bring himself to open up right now. Couldn’t confine to the others as he needed to be. 

The team shared a look, silently communicating to drop the subject. Hunk clasped his hand together, gaining everyone's attention. “How about I cook us some dinner?” 

---

Shiro didn’t sleep that night. Every time he closed his eyes his mind repeated the earlier interaction with Adam. The coldness. Was he always that emotionless? No, he wasn’t. His Adam wasn’t. 

What happened that made him this way? Was the breakup really that devastating for him? Shiro frowned as he stared into his coffee. His reflection looked back at him. Adam was upset when the engagement was called off. Rightfully so. He was upset with himself. 

But Adam bounced back. Within a week he was back to his normal self. He had moved out of their shared space. Leaving nothing behind. He didn’t even call off work once. Did he even cry over it? 

“Morning Shiro,” Keith reached for his own mug. Rubbing the sleep from his eyes. 

“Morning,” he brought the cup to his lips. He missed coffee. “Sleep okay?” 

“Like a baby.” Keith stared at the liquid slowly filling his glass. “Better than sleeping in the lions.” 

Shiro chuckled. Letting the silence move over them. For once they could sit. The Galra was still a threat but for once they didn’t need to move. They could just enjoy the now. The other slowly woke up. Each grabbed their own drink and migrated to the couch. Idly chatting filling the space. 

“Anyone want to cook or we can go down to the cafeteria,” Lance asked, holding his cup of coffee closer to him. 

Hunk stood, “I have something in mind.” 

---

Everyone stood as they entered the room. The voices dying quickly. Iverson cleared his throat. “Welcome, thank you for joining us. Please, have a seat.” He gestured to the eight empty seats on one side of the table. 

Shiro let his team pick first, quickly realizing that left the last seat next to Adam. He must have realized the predicament at the same time since his body stiffened and he gripped his folder tighter in his hands. 

He swallowed down his own emotions and moved to sit down. Sending his ex a weak smile as he sat down. 

Adam shifted his eyes away, looking at the blank screen in the front of the room. Iverson cleared his throat, drawing attention from everyone in the room. “Let’s start with what we know.” He clicked the screen on. “The Galra have been on Earth for only a month. In that time,” he clicked to the next screen, “They have pushed the remaining population into seven locations. All Garrison bases.” 

Another slide. “Thanks to Sam Holt we were able to prepare before the Galran reached Earth.” He went on to explain how the Galran attacked and how quickly Earth fell. Things they have tried, things that have worked and failed. The projects they were finishing up; such as the Atlas. Iverson sat down, ending his section of the presentation. 

“If you all would like to tell us more about this ‘Voltron’ and what the battle has been like in outer space. That information would be beneficial.” Admiral Sanda spoke, leaning forward. Her elbows pressed on the table. Her chin rested in his hands. 

Allura spoke first. Explain who Alteans were. What Altea was and the history of the Galra. She spoke with grace and confidence. Her voice was unwavering as she retold her history. Romelle and Coran pipped in when needed. And eventually, the attention was shifted to the paladins. 

They didn’t have too much to add after what Allura said. They mainly explained what the lions were and how they could help. Shiro tapped his finger ideally on the table. Letting his mind wander. A voice pulling him from his thoughts. “Shiro, is that something you are comfortable talking about?” 

He cleared his throat, adjusting awkwardly in his seat. “Sorry. Could you repeat that?” 

The admiral gave him a professional smile. “I was asking if you were okay discussing your first return from Earth. Before the Blue Lions discovery.” 

“Oh,” he stared at his missing arm. “After we were all taken by the Galra. Sam, Matt, and I. I had to fight in this…gladiator ring. I was known as the ‘Champion’ there. But after a year I had memorized the soldiers' patterns. How often they passed my cell. And over my year stay, I had located the flight hanger. I just…made myself escape. And I landed on Earth.” He refused to meet anyone else. Staring at the smooth table. 

Hushed whispers filled the room, and he swore he felt Adam stiffen beside him. But he didn’t want pity. What was done was done. He wasn’t going to relax until the Galra were defeated and taken care of. 

The meeting ended soon after. Most of the Garrison officials stayed around to mingle. Pidge and Hunk mentioned going down to look at the Atlas. Keith was dragging Lance to train. Allura, Romelle, and Coran were being shown around the base by Iverson and Veronica; Lance’s sister. 

Adam quickly stood, briskly making his way out of the room. His fingers crumpled the papers he was holding. 

Shiro found himself standing, the chair nearly falling backward at the motion. His feet moved before his mind realized what he was doing. He stepped into the hallway, “Adam!” 

The man froze for a second, keeping his back to Shiro. The passersby in the hallways all looked at Shiro. He ignored them, his legs moving toward Adam. “I just…was wondering if we could talk.” He stopped, about an arm's length away from him. 

Adam didn’t make any attempt to turn around, his back remained stiff, his head looking forward. His shoulders rose and fell slowly. Something he did when he was trying not to show how he was feeling.  “About what?” 

Shiro blinked, his heart swelling at the response. At least he was speaking to him. “Anything. You can tell me everything you’ve done in the time I’ve been away. We can just catch up.” He cleared his throat, swallowing down the desire to reach forward and embrace him again. 

Adam didn’t move for a couple of seconds before he eventually spoke. “I have work to do.” He stepped forward, disappearing around the closet corner. 

Shiro wasn’t sure how long he stayed in that spot. Silently kicking himself for how things went. How they crumpled around him. Irreversible damage. Someone placed their hand on his shoulder. He glanced at the owner of it. “Hey Shiro, remember me?” 

He smiled at his former roommate. “How could I forget?” 

His friend chuckled. “Want to get some coffee? Catch up?” 

He nodded. “Yeah…” His eyes lingered on where Adam went. “As long as we talk about anything other than the Galra.” 

His friend smiled at him. “Whatever you need buddy.” He squeezed his hand on Shiro’s shoulders. “It’s good to have you back.” 

Shiro gave a tense nod, “it’s good to be back.” 

-----

Thank you for reading <33333

[justmultifandom]

Kidge summer event 2023

Day 16: Sunset

Keith knew that Shiro had ordered everyone to be with their families and take time for themselves, but his mind had been running pretty wild like a river lately, so he decided to just stand on his lion alone to get rid of them. And it had actually worked. During sunset Lance had come in for some support for his date, and a few minutes later Pidge arrived. To be honest, he didn't expect her at that hour, dressed like her in their new cartoon.

“I wasn't expecting you here,” he said, stroking his thick, soft wolf fur as she sat looking slightly sad next to him.

“I knew where to find you and… I need to talk to you”: she admitted in a snort.

“Has Kosmo stolen your computer yet? I'm sorry but he didn't bring anything to my room, you'll have to look for it somewhere else”: he laughed, to then notice her serious and slightly downcast frown.

“Oh, um… sorry… what did you want to tell me?”: His voice became serious again after an embarrassed cough.

“Today Lance and Allura had a date…”: she exhaled, her voice cracking slightly and her breathing too slow.

“I know, Lance came earlier”: he pointed out: “Is something wrong? Romelle told me you were with the girls all afternoon"

“No, everything is absolutely fine!”: she smiled, clapping and chasing away the silence of the desert, while the echo resounded on the rocky walls of the canyons. However, as she said this, she could see small tears forming in her eyes, her lips trembled and she shook her head. Keith lowered his gaze, moving closer to her and pulling her into a hug. She started to cry.

He didn't know what had happened, maybe something very bad for making Pidge cry like that, but he honestly didn't care. He cared that she was happy and that she felt better.

"No, it's okay… seriously…": she sobbed, clutching heis uniform and burying her face in her chest.

“It's not all right if you cry, Pidge. What's wrong?”: He asked again, wrapping his arms around her and whispering some sweet words from her to calm her down, rubbing her back.

“No I… I'm happy for them… I'm happy for him, he finally has his love life that he always wanted with her but… I just… I don't know…”: she admitted, trying to wipe away the tears that were falling from her eyes and wet her cheeks. She wondered why she had that burning sensation in her chest as if she had just been stabbed and she was bleeding to death.

Keith looked at her for a moment, first confused and then realizing.

“Oh… I'm sorry…”: he admitted, not knowing what he could do at that moment. He hadn't expected it given how she was dealing with him all the time, then thinking more deeply and noting that it was actually very possible.

“You always did a lot for him, didn't you?”: he asked, while she didn't stop crying. He kept talking only when he heard her nod.

"Romelle told me that you sold that dealer a video game that you wanted for a long time for Allura's dress": he continued to whisper to her: "It was very nice of you, but sometimes you also have to think a little about yourself, don't you think?”

“He wouldn't have played with me anymore anyway. I invited him to my house this morning to see our new cartoon but he refused because he had to ask Allura out”: she explained: “And then I get bored when I play video games alone”

“Did you ever think you could play a little with me?”: Her eyes widened at his words, feeling a slight tinge of warmth on her cheeks. Keith was looking at an unfamiliar dot, completely red in the face waiting for an answer, and Pidge could feel his pulse quickening with every passing second.

“Do you like video games? I… I would never have said that…”: she blushed even more with embarrassment. She felt like a bad friend for never really asking Keith whether or not he liked video games, also because he never mentioned them either.

“I have… I have in my father's shack many old videogames like Pac-man, Donkey Kong, Sonic, Mario and others…”: Keith blushed a little more: “Maybe tonight you and I could stay there and play some if you don't have commitments with your family...?”

“Oh… um…”: she looked around, feeling her cheeks burn suddenly, as her heartbeat accelerated: “I… um… My parents stay at the Garrison until late and N7 is coming to sleep with us tonight and I'm scared about what she and Matt could do so…if it's ok for you…yeah…that would be great…”

“Okay then…”: Keith smiled, looking back at the sun which had almost completely set by now, but as he was about to get up he felt something tug at his hand.

“No wait!”: she exclaimed, blushing realizing what she had done, and then speaking more shyly: "Can we stay here a little longer?"

"Sure": he smiled: "We'll leave when you're ready..."

[embersofhopevoltron]

Template by: Gloria-the-Artist on DeviantArt

So I’ve basically found myself back into my voltron phase and felt like updating my ocs story and practice making edits again.

Oddly enough, back in 2018-2019 when I was sketching out her possible 80s design as the show was ending, Maximi was originally what her 80s counterpart name would be but once I came to that conclusion, I decided that both her 80s and VLD name would be the same,as I preferred it over her old outdated name.

Going off of brief readings of both DOTU and GoLion, the planet Romelle was from was Pollux (dotu) and Heracles (GoLion), Maximi’s planet in the 80s would be called Helios (in VLD, it’s Helior, but for the 80s we’re going with the Greek/Roman mythology names) and basically she and her people are solar powered flappers and gatsby style aliens that are incredibly eco friendly, so really I think her episode(s) would resemble environmental specials of the 80s and 90s? Anyway, I didn’t go too crazy with her 80s design, the only ‘alien’ thing about her are the pointy ears, but even then Allura/Fala and Romelle/Amue don’t really look all that alien either. Like her VLD design, I made her skin tone more similar to that of Hunk/Tsuyoshi, and she only has a couple freckles on her face compared to the beige speckles on her VLD design. Unlike her VLD counterpart, 80s Maximi was never enslaved or imprisoned by the Galra.

Following another theme separate from voltron, her English/Dotu voice claim would be Helen Slater (supergirl in the 80s, specifically 1984 like these voltron cartoons, heh, who knew?), like in VLD, Maximi’s voice claim would be Melissa Benoist (cw supergirl) since in both versions, the Zunir/Heliorites share similarities to kryptonians in being solar powered aliens but unlike kryptonians, are not bulletproof or have super strength or have super speed, X-ray vision, or frost/wind breath all at once. Plus the more I watched clips of Melissa Benoist’s performances, as well as clips from the 1984 supergirl movie, the more I could see the voices fitting. Also, the Zunir/heliorites have incredible heat tolerance and each ‘breed’ possess unique abilities, such as plant manipulation w/ durability, lava bending w/ incredible strength, and flight + thermokinesis (that can manifest as fire bending, welding, heat vision, star bolts,etc depending on the individual) at least in VLD. In the 80s, heliorites are solar powered flapper gatsby aliens with green thumbs and are able to fly, both counterparts draw power from their suns and are basically ‘human’ if drained, which I guess could be another similarity to kryptonians.

Tbh it’s about time I got to this oc meme…yrs after the show ended and the fandom drastically shrunk…but at least some people are still around making ocs, fixits, fanart and appreciating these characters.

You can find more of my art on my deviant art: @wonderpepperboops

[ahb-writes]

Book Review: ‘The Saga of Tanya the Evil’ #10

The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Vol. 10: Viribus Unitis by Carlo Zen My rating: 5 of 5 stars Pursuing victory without ever exerting the most casual glance toward the consequences of one's efforts invariably blinds the nation-state to the political, economic, and cultural deficiencies and failures sure to creep into the shadow of one's willful ignorance. THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL v10 unites the prophesiers of the Empire's impending demise around the one or two flickering candles of hope. And so, knowing the tiniest gasp or the sharpest exhale may snuff out these last lingering insights, Tanya takes a deep breath and pushes ahead. The previous volume of this novel series was the author's most prudent intellectualization of the war, and yet, somehow, the current volume goes one step further. THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL v10 yields to the intellectual superstructure of the previous volume and focuses almost entirely on witnessing the emotional and physical consequences of adhering to the wayward truths that infrequently muscle their way through the din of bureaucracy the and fog of military conflict. For her part, Lieutenant Colonel Tanya von Degurechaff contemplates the efficacy of desertion, worries over the narrow viability of the General Staff's tentative false-flag operation, and feverishly ridicules her colleagues for their shortsightedness and inability to properly contextualize war as an extension of politics ("In the absence of problems that require heroic intervention, there simply is no need for a hero," page 003). The Empire is no longer losing the war; the Empire has lost. The only pragmatic observation available to the war's contributors concerns how quickly or how slowly the country will succumb to its varied wounds. The multifront conflict is bleeding the nation dry. Will the Empire simply wither until it runs out of human and technological resources? The diplomats at the Foreign Office have been sitting on their hands for years. Will the bureaucrats pull through and negotiate an armistice of some kind? Victory is no longer probable, and the military and the Foreign Office's prerogative has become to convince the greater government that a negotiated resolution is the Empire's only option for continued survival. Tanya spies these intertwining challenges not unlike negotiating with a three-headed chimera (i.e., the army, the government, the people). But a nation drunk on the presumption of total victory as a natural extension of total war won't sober up anytime soon. Solutions exist. Shocks to the system are possible. But it appears the Empire's communications codes have been decrypted, and it appears the eastern front is set to crumble (again), and it appears nobody truly knows what's going to happen next because nobody's been in this (losing) position before. "Even the mere idea of retreating provoked reactions of contempt… Whether or not there was precedence for retreating, from a military standpoint, the masses had no appreciation for that kind of logical thinking." (page 044) THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL v10 is a compelling book because Tanya fights to validate the war's most dismal truths just as she pushes back against its many, conniving, socio-political constraints. For example, Tanya and the 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion are assigned to the western front, under Lieutenant General Romel. But first, a pitstop, as Tanya must deliver a message from Lieutenant General von Rudersdorf to the newly promoted General von Zettour on the frontlines. Tanya-as-courier is a funny, squirrely shift in plans, as Zettour conspires to execute a magnificent tactical shift that could revitalize the eastern front for the Empire. But there are consequences. If Zettour's Operation Mini-Revolving Door fails, then the Federation will have the opportunity to bludgeon its way deep into Empire-held territories, and the Empire's soldiers will have lost their mettle. If the operation succeeds, with no small help from Tanya and her trusty adjutant, Serebryakov, then Zettour will have extended the Empire's lifeline on the eastern front for several tenuous months. The operation's failure and success both reek of desperation, and anyone with a brain can see Zettour has put his neck on the line to sustain a war effort that is slowly crumbling before his eyes. This volume doesn't disappoint when it comes to articulating Tanya in the field of battle. The first of the book's two battles, which occurs in the east, is a marvelous reminder of the dangers of maneuver warfare. This novel series is strong when it comes to field strategy, and war games more broadly, but on the tactical level, Zettour's brilliance is a highlight of the novel's first half. Zettour is an animal and a schemer. Everyone knows this. And yet, nobody can stop him. "It was at the same moment when the con artist across the table, who they expected to show his hand at any moment, kicked the entire table out from in front of them." (page 098) Another highlight? Tanya's face-to-face encounter with Commonwealth Lieutenant Colonel Drake, second-in-command of the multinational mage unit. Drake is an entertaining character because of his grudging compliance. However, THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL v10 spares the man no peace, as Drake almost gets his arm sliced off and is nearly blown to smithereens during Tanya's recon-in-force feint. On the plus side, for readers, Tanya hilariously outsmarts First Lieutenant Mary Sue into blind fratricide. But the twisting and turning violence and deception of the eastern front soon gives way to the frail insecurities of the west. The gears of war grind on, but the oil and grease that keep the machine running are continuously diluted. Back at the capitol, Colonel Lergen meets with an official of the Empire's Foreign Office (the notably snooty Counselor Conrad), and together they plot to convince the hydra to end the war through bloody-nose posturing. That is to say, to strike at the enemy's doorstep and surreptitiously convince foreign citizenry of the threat the Empire poses, and thus spark sincere negotiations at the highest level. The western front is the focus of this effort, and Operation Doorknocker is quickly, hurriedly underway. The events on the western front are similar to the eastern front, but bloodier and less fortuitous. Tanya's 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion is up against a whole brigade of the Commonwealth's marine mages. THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL v10 queries readers as to how invincible the 203rd really is, particularly when the political deliberations forcing the battalion's movements are weak, inexperienced, and absent conviction. How does one fight a war when the bureaucrats are too stupid to follow suit? How does one fight a war when one's communications have been compromised? How does one fight a war when an unspoken "Plan B" keeps resurfacing when one least expects it? Tanya emerges from Operation Doorknocker in one piece, but ultimately a failure; the Empire's hydra is increasingly to blame for getting in its own way. THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL v10 frames the Empire's imminent decline around Lieutenant General von Rudersdorf's dangerously practical view of power politics. In the previous volume, he floated the idea of a false-flag operation; he postulated that staging an attack in Berun, the capitol, would spur negotiations for peace. Rudersdorf knows that the integrity of a bureaucrat at war is not equivalent to the integrity of a soldier at war. But Rudersdorf's "Plan B" is increasingly problematic. For one, soldiers who acquiesce to hasten the demise of the Empire risk becoming traitors, if on the ironic pretense of overvaluing their patriotism. Lieutenant General Romel, for example, playacts the reckless leader, but his legitimate shrewdness could easily be misperceived as a stress-test gone too far. Second, the issue of hastening the Empire's demise is itself a query prone to bifurcation. Rudersdorf plies Colonel Lergen for reliability, successfully arguing that a false-flag operation grows more feasible as the war itself grows less winnable. Readers would be apt to explore this foreshadowing. If "Plan B" were to go into effect, where would Rudersdorf find such a group of willing soldiers? Obviously, he'd use the 203rd. Further, what would be the legal ramifications of doing so? Tanya's fate would be sealed. And what, then, of the political consequences? Rudersdorf ponders what would happen if he slayed the hydra himself, creating a Supreme Army Command that superseded (if not eliminated) the other heads of government. "I can't let my imagination get too out of hand." (page 276) When Rudersdorf not-so-jokingly asks Lergen to oversee the contingency plan, which he calls the Counter-Insurrection Plan, Lergen balks, but with only the smallest granule of confidence. Third, calling the false-flag operation a "contingency plan" means it's a viable and actionable plan should certain conditions be met. At present, nobody really knows what those conditions are or how much time is left until the trigger is pulled. Well, almost nobody. In the novel's closing pages, Lergen makes a startling discovery that recontextualizes the final months of the war and his role in it. THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL v10 exposes the myriad ironies embedded in war's purposeful violence. Tanya lives up to her reputation as a ghost or a devil set to drive others to their fiery graves, but she's not without a conscience on the matter ("I know I'm fighting for the losing side," p. 219). Zettour calmly marks up his topographical map of the eastern front, lamenting how his skill compels extending a losing affair ("This wickedness of his was a sort of emergency measure, but he had to accept that it was becoming the norm for him," p. 284). Rudersdorf aims to redefine the boundaries of the war machine's obligations. And Lergen, angry with the Empire's "superfluous bureaucracy," becomes a political animal, though he loathes the necessity. "War was just an extension of politics, after all. Though it was conducted through force of arms and open warfare, the fact that it was humans who were doing the fighting meant that politics would always be a part of the fundamental equation." (page 296)

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